Install DataStax Mission Control on Kubernetes - Control Plane Mode
DataStax Mission Control is current in Private Preview. It is subject to the beta agreement executed between you and DataStax. DataStax Mission Control is not intended for production use, has not been certified for production workloads, and might contain bugs and other functional issues. There is no guarantee that DataStax Mission Control will ever become generally available. DataStax Mission Control is provided on an “AS IS” basis, without warranty or indemnity of any kind. If you are interested in trying out DataStax Mission Control please contact your DataStax account team. |
System requirements
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The
kubectl
CLI tool, v1.22 or later. -
Managed Kubernetes cluster(s):
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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
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Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
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Kubeconfig file
orcontext
pointing to the Kubernetes cluster where DataStax Mission ControlControl Plane
will be installed. -
KOTS
kubectl
plugin installed with this command:`curl https://kots.io/install | bash`
See kots documentation.
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DataStax Mission Control license file. See License.
License
As part of your invitation to the DataStax Mission Control Private Preview you were provided with a license file as well as a URL for a dashboard to download all existing licenses attached to your account. In order to install DataStax Mission Control you MUST provide this license file. For help locating your license file please contact your account team.
Validate Kubernetes cluster connectivity and version
kubectl cluster-info
Sample output:
Kubernetes control plane is running at https://WWW.XXX.YYY.ZZZ KubeDNS is running at https://WWW.XXX.YYY.ZZZ/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/kube-dns:dns/proxy Metrics-server is running at https://WWW.XXX.YYY.ZZZ/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/https:metrics-server:/proxy
The command output displays connection cluster information such as the control-plane URL and service addresses. If this command is successful, then run the following command to validate the cluster version.
kubectl version --short
Sample output:
Client Version: v1.25.2 Kustomize Version: v4.5.7 Server Version: v1.22.12-gke.2300
The version
sub-command of kubectl
outputs version information for the kubectl
CLI, embedded kustomize
tooling, and the Kubernetes API server with which it is currently configured to communicate.
Installing DataStax Mission Control Admin Console
Manage the DataStax Mission Control application through a browser-based administration console. This interface allows installation and upgrades of DataStax Mission Control along with syncing of license file changes. The first step to installing DataStax Mission Control is the installation of this console onto your Kubernetes cluster. Run the following command from a terminal with an appropriately configured instance of kubectl
that has the kots
plugin installed:
kubectl kots install mission-control
Sample output:
Enter the namespace to deploy to: mission-control • Deploying Admin Console • Creating namespace ✓ • Waiting for datastore to be ready ✓ Enter a new password to be used for the Admin Console: •••••••••• • Waiting for Admin Console to be ready ✓ • Press Ctrl+C to exit • Go to http://localhost:8800 to access the Admin Console
This process initially prompts you for the Kubernetes namespace where the management interface components should be deployed.
Currently this value must be |
After the resources are installed the installer prompts for a password to be used for web-interface access. Type in your preferred value and record this value to use in an upcoming step.
With the Admin Console installed and available, kubectl
starts proxying access to the console. Visit http://localhost:8800
in your web browser to access the next step of the installation process.
Accessing DataStax Mission Control Admin Console
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With your web browser open to the Admin Console interface, you are now prompted for the password provided during installation of the Admin Console.
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Enter the provided password and click Log In. You are now prompted to upload the license file.
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Drag and drop your file into the
upload box
and click Upload license. A progress bar displays as DataStax Mission Control is downloaded and installed onto the Kubernetes cluster. Next you are prompted to configure DataStax Mission Control.
Installation configuration
DataStax Mission Control may be installed in one of two modes; Control Plane Mode
or Data Plane Mode
. In Control Plane Mode
, DataStax Mission Control is configured to monitor for creation and changes of top-level DSECluster
resources and to organize cluster-level and datacenter-level resources. Data Plane Mode
is for clusters that are solely focused on the deployment of DSE nodes and not management operations.
While running in |

For the initial installation of the Control Plane
leave this box checked and click Install. You can change the configuration later if the wrong option is selected now. See modify configuration.

You are now presented with the DataStax Mission Control Admin Console dashboard showing the components are currently missing. This Admin Console handles installing the missing components with the configuration specified. After a few moments you should see the current version as deployed.

At this point you may safely press Ctrl+C
in your terminal session where kubectl
is running. This terminates the proxy connecting you to the Admin Console UI. To reconnect to this UI see Admin Console UI.
What’s next
Now that DataStax Mission Control is installed in Control Plane Mode
, proceed with one of the following options:
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Install DataStax Mission Control in
Data Plane Mode
on separate clusters where you want to deploy DSE nodes. -
Provision a DSE Cluster with
kubectl
and theDSECluster
Custom Resource Definition (CRD).