Cluster connections settings define how OpsCenter connects to a cluster. Edit the
settings if authentication or encryption has been enabled on a cluster.
The connections settings for a cluster define how OpsCenter connects to a cluster.
For example, if you have enabled authentication or encryption on a cluster, you need to
specify that information in the cluster connection settings.
Procedure
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Select the cluster you want to edit from the Cluster
menu.
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Click .
The Edit Cluster Connection Settings dialog appears.
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If applicable, change the IP addresses of cluster nodes.
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If applicable, change the JMX and Native Transport listen port numbers.
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If applicable, click Add credentials to add or edit the
user credentials if the JMX or Native Transport ports require
authentication.
- Optional:
If applicable to your environment, select DSE security (kerberos) is
enabled on my cluster and complete the following fields:
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Enter the service name. For example, if the
server principal on your nodes is
dse/nodeX.example.com@EXAMPLE.COM
, this field
should be dse
.
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Enter the client principal for the OpsCenter
process/machine to use. Example: opscenterd@YOUR_REALM.
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Enter the location of the keytab OpsCenter
machine, which contains credentials for the
opscenter_client_principal.
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Enter the client principal for the DataStax Agent process/machine to
use. Example: agent@YOUR_REALM.
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Enter the location of the keytab on the DataStax
Agent machines, which contains credentials for the
agent_client_principal
. Example:
/path/to/keytab.keytab.
- Optional:
Select Client-to-node encryption is enabled on my
cluster. Enter the following for OpsCenter to use to directly
connect to Cassandra:
- If the paths are the same for the OpsCenter Keystore and Truststore
(default), select My Keystore and Truststore are the
same and enter the path and password.
- If the paths are not the same, enter the
OpsCenter Keystore
Path
, Truststore Path
, and the corresponding
Password
for each.
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Click Save Cluster.