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Short Description

DataStax OpsCenter is a web-based visual management and monitoring solution for DataStax Enterprise DSE.

Overview

DataStax OpsCenter is a web-based visual management and monitoring solution for DataStax Enterprise (DSE).

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Getting started

Use the DataStax provided Docker images in non-production environments for development, to learn, try new ideas, and to test or demonstrate your application.

Creating a container

Follow these steps to create an Opscenter container and a connected DataStax Enterprise server container on the same Docker host.

To create and connect the containers:

  1. First create an OpsCenter container.
docker run -e DS_LICENSE=accept -d -p 8888:8888 --name my-opscenter

See OpsCenter Docker run options for additional options that persist data or manage configuration.

  1. Create a DataStax Enterprise (DSE) server container that is linked to the OpsCenter container.
docker run -e DS_LICENSE=accept --link my-opscenter:opscenter --name my-dse -d store/datastax/dse-server:5.1.5
  1. Get the DSE container IP address:
docker exec -it my-dse nodetool status
  1. Open a browser and go to http://DOCKER_HOST_IP:8888.
  2. Click Manage existing cluster.
  3. In host name, enter the DSE IP address.
  4. Click Install agents manually. Note that the agent is already installed on the DSE image; no installation is required.

OpsCenter is ready to use with DSE. See the OpsCenter User Guide for detailed usage and configuration instructions.

OpsCenter Docker run options

Use the following options when creating an OpsCenter Docker container.

Option Description
-e (Required) Set DS_LICENSE=accept to accept the OpsCenter licensing agreement.
-d (Recommended) Starts the container in the background.
-p Publish OpsCenter port on the host computer and allow remote access. For example map, the HTTP port to allow browser access -p 8888:8888.
-v (Optional) Bind mount local host directories to exposed volumes to manage the configuration or persist data. For example, -v /dse/conf/opscenter:/conf.
--name Assigns a name to the container.

These are the most commonly used docker run switches used in deploying OpsCenter. For a full list please see docker run reference.

Managing the configuration

DataStax provided OpsCenter images have a startup script that replaces the configuration files found in volume (/conf) with the corresponding file in the image. This allows you to manage the configuration from the host computer by bind mounting the local directory that contains OpsCenter configuration files to the exposed conf volume.

To manage the configuration:

  1. Create a directory on the Docker host.

  2. Add the configuration files. The file name must match a corresponding configuration file in the image and include all the required values, for example opscenterd.conf. For a full list of config files see Opscenter Configuration File list.

  3. Bind mount the local directory to the exposed Volume /conf by starting the container with the -v flag.

docker run -e DS_LICENSE=accept -d -v /dse/conf/opscenter:/conf datastax/dse-opscenter --name my-opscenter

Persisting data

DataStax provided OpsCenter images expose the data volume /var/lib/opscenter.

To persist data:

  1. Create a directory on the Docker host.

  2. Bind mount the local directory to the exposed Volume /var/lib/opscenter by starting the container with the -v flag.

docker run -e DS_LICENSE=accept -d -v /dse/data/opscenter:/var/lib/opscenter datastax/dse-opscenter --name my-opscenter

See Docker volumes doc for more information on mounting Volumes.

Attaching to a container

If the container was created using the Docker run -d option, it runs in the background. You can attach to the container and use bash instead of docker exec for individual commands.

To open a bash session on the container, use the following command:

docker exec -it container_name bash

For example

docker exec -it my-opscenter bash

To exit the shell without stopping the container use ctl P ctl Q

Quick Reference

Locating DataStax Docker images

Use the Docker images maintained by DataStax:

  • Docker Store (Login to docker store and subscribe to the image):

  • DataStax Enterprise: The best distribution of Apache Cassandra™ with integrated Search, Analytics, and Graph capabilities

  • Docker Hub:

  • DataStax Studio: An interactive developer’s tool for DataStax Enterprise which is designed to help your DSE database, Cassandra Query Language (CQL), DSE Graph, and Gremlin Query Language development.

  • DataStax OpsCenter: The web-based visual management and monitoring solution for DataStax Enterprise (DSE)

Getting help

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