Add an existing cluster using OpsCenter.
You can an existing cluster to manage within OpsCenter.
OpsCenter automatically enables commitlog
archiving on the new nodes when adding new nodes to a cluster using OpsCenter if
commitlog archiving is enabled on the cluster. If you manually add nodes to a
cluster and commitlog archiving is enabled, you must manually copy
commitlog_archiving.properties to the new nodes prior to
starting DataStax Enterprise.
Procedure
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Click New Cluster.
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The New Cluster prompt appears.
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Click Manage Existing Cluster.
The Add Cluster dialog appears.
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Enter at least one hostname or IP address for a node in the cluster.
ec2-123-45-6-789.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
ec2-234-56-7-890.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
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If you are not using the default JMX or Thrift ports, enter the appropriate
port numbers.
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If required, click Add Credentials and enter the
username and password for JMX or Thrift ports.
- Optional:
Select the DSE security
(kerberos) is enabled on my cluster check box and enter the
service name.
- Optional:
Select the Client node encryption is enabled on my
cluster check box and enter your PEM-encoded certificate in the
CA Certificate File Path field.
If you have a CER-encoded certificate, use the following command to convert
it:
$ openssl x509 -inform der -in certificate.cer -out certificate.pem
- Optional:
If client node encryption is enabled, select Validate SSL
Certificates and enter the Keystore File
Path and Keystore Password.
For more information about enabling Kerberos, see
Security in the DSE
Documentation.
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Click Save Cluster.