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DSE OpsCenter is a visual management and monitoring solution for DataStax Enterprise. OpsCenter Lifecycle Manager (LCM) provisions DataStax Enterprise (DSE) clusters and centrally manages cluster configurations.
OpsCenter release notes provide information about new and improved features, known and resolved issues, and bug fixes.
Instructions for installing OpsCenter are available in the DataStax Installation Guide.
Instructions for upgrading DSE OpsCenter are available in the DataStax Upgrade Guide.
Recommendations and suggested settings for deploying OpsCenter at scale in production environments.
Configure security features, alerts, failover, and much more in OpsCenter.
Security configuration options and instructions.
Summary of available SSL configurations for OpsCenter.
OpsCenter allows enabling user authentication, defining custom roles, managing users, and designating permissions.
Configuration encryption provides privacy and increased security for sensitive configuration values such as passwords.
OpsCenter supports LDAP authentication support for external LDAP services.
OpsCenter can use Kerberos to authenticate to DataStax Enterprise clusters. Understanding Kerberos principal formatting is crucial for successfully configuring OpsCenter to use Kerberos authentication.
Configure comprehensive security logging in logback.xml that records user activity within OpsCenter.
Configure email alerts, post alerts to a URL, or enable SNMP traps for integrations with enterprise reporting systems.
OpsCenter collects system and table metrics data for each node in a cluster.
OpsCenter uses definition files to enable support for different versions of DataStax Enterprise without the need to upgrade the currently installed version of OpsCenter.
Automatic failover from the primary DSE OpsCenter instance to the backup OpsCenter instance provides high availability without any manual intervention or downtime.
Back up critical configuration data for OpsCenter and Lifecycle Manager.
Enable route URL deep linking within the UI, which allows URL navigating to locations within the OpsCenter UI web application.
Configure the JVM parameters for the OpsCenter JVM.
Configure the JVM parameters for the DataStax Agent JVM.
Using the NetworkTopologyStrategy replication is recommended for the OpsCenter keyspace when running OpsCenter in a multi-datacenter environment.
Configure capabilities by manually modifying the opscenterd.conf, cluster_name.conf, and address.yaml configuration files.
OpsCenter allows starting and stopping the DataStax Enterprise process on each node in a visual manner. Customize the startup or shutdown of a node using the provided example scripts.
Example scenarios of OpsCenter deployments include configuring for multiple regions or very large clusters.
OpsCenter is a Web application for monitoring and administering all nodes in a DataStax Enterprise cluster from one centralized console. OpsCenter runs on the client-side in a web browser.
Ports reference, instructions for starting and stopping OpsCenter and DataStax Agents, default file locations, and a startup log for OpsCenter.
DataStax Enterprise comes bundled with enterprise management services that you can configure and run using OpsCenter.
Issues experienced with OpsCenter and solutions or workarounds.
Simplify deploying and configuring DataStax Enterprise clusters with Lifecycle Manager.
OpsCenter RESTful API provides programmatic management for monitoring and managing DataStax Enterprise clusters.
