Enabling authentication in OpsCenter
About this task
OpsCenter offers granular, role-based permission control for user and role management.
By default, authentication is disabled.
The first time authentication is enabled, a default admin account is created with username admin and password admin.
If you enable OpsCenter authentication, DataStax strongly recommends enabling SSL communication between OpsCenter and the agents.
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Changing the default admin password is strongly recommended the first time you log in. |
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OpsCenter allows you to build your own authentication connectors to third-party authentication systems. Use the resources in the auth directory of your OpsCenter server installation:
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The location of the auth directory depends on the type of installation:
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Package installations: /usr/share/opscenter/auth
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Tarball installations: installation_location/opscenter/auth
Procedure
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Locate the opscenterd.conf file. The location of this file depends on the type of installation:
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Package installations: /etc/opscenter/opscenterd.conf
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Tarball installations: install_location/conf/opscenterd.conf
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Edit the opscenterd.conf file and enable authentication.
Set
enabled=Truein the[authentication]section.[authentication] enabled=True -
Open the OpsCenter user interface in a browser.
http://localhost:8888
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Enter the default username of
adminand the passwordadmin.If pluggable authentication is enabled, the default username and password will vary based on the information used when pluggable authentication was enabled.
