Chapter 9. Getting started with the pcsd Web UI
Chapter 9. Getting started with the pcsd Web UI The pcsd Web UI is a graphical user interface to create and configure Pacemaker/Corosync clusters. 9.1. Setting up the pcsd Web UI Set up your system to use the pcsd Web UI to configure a cluster with the following procedure. Prerequisites The Pacemaker configuration tools are installed. Your system is set up for cluster configuration. For instructions on installing cluster software and setting up your system for cluster configuration, see Installing cluster software . Procedure On any system, open a browser to the following URL, specifying one of the nodes of the cluster (note that this uses the https protocol). This brings up the pcsd Web UI login screen. Log in as user hacluster . This brings up the Clusters page. 9.2. Configuring a high availability pcsd Web UI When you use the pcsd Web UI, you connect to one of the nodes of the cluster to display the cluster management pages. If the node to which you are connecting goes down or becomes unavailable, you can reconnect to the cluster by opening your browser to a URL that specifies a different node of the cluster. It is possible, however, to configure the pcsd Web UI itself for high availability, in which case you can continue to manage the cluster without entering a new URL. Procedure To configure the pcsd Web UI for high availability, perform the following steps. Ensure that the pcsd certificates are synced across the nodes of the cluster by setting PCSD_SSL_CERT_SYNC_ENABLED to true in the /etc/sysconfig/pcsd configuration file. Enabling certificate syncing causes pcsd to sync the certificates for the cluster setup and node add commands. PCSD_SSL_CERT_SYNC_ENABLED is set to false by default. Create an IPaddr2 cluster resource, which is a floating IP address that you will use to connect to the pcsd Web UI. The IP address must not be one already associated with a physical node. If the IPaddr2 resource's NIC device is not specified, the floating IP must reside on the same network as one of the node's statically assigned IP addresses, otherwise the NIC device to assign the floating IP address cannot be properly detected. Create custom SSL certificates for use with pcsd and ensure that they are valid for the addresses of the nodes used to connect to the pcsd Web UI. To create custom SSL certificates, you can use either wildcard certificates or you can use the Subject Alternative Name certificate extension. For information about the Red Hat Certificate System, see the Red Hat Certificate System Administration Guide . Install the custom certificates for pcsd with the pcs pcsd certkey command. Sync the pcsd certificates to all nodes in the cluster with the pcs pcsd sync-certificates command. Connect to the pcsd Web UI using the floating IP address you configured as a cluster resource. Note Even when you configure the pcsd Web UI for high availability, you will be asked to log in again when the node to which you are connecting goes down.
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