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Posted to user@cassandra.apache.org by Alexandru Sicoe <ad...@gmail.com> on 2012/03/29 19:47:06 UTC
another DataStax OpsCenter question
Hello,
I am planning on testing OpsCenter to see how it can monitor a multi DC
cluster. There are 2 DCs each on a different side of a firewall. I've
configured NAT on the firewall to allow the communication between all
Cassandra nodes on ports 7000, 7199 and 9160. The cluster works fine.
However when I start OpsCenter (obviously on one side of the firewall) the
OpsCenter CF gives me two schema versions in the cluster and basically
messes up everything. Plus, I can only see the nodes on one the same side.
What are the requirements to let the OpsCenter on one side see the
Cassandra nodes and the OpsCenter agents on the other, and viceversa?
Is it possible to use OpsCenter across a firewall?
Cheers,
Alex
Re: another DataStax OpsCenter question
Posted by Nick Bailey <ni...@datastax.com>.
No. Each agent is responsible for collecting and reporting all the
statistics for the node it is installed on, so there shouldn't be any
duplication.
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:01 AM, R. Verlangen <ro...@us2.nl> wrote:
> Nick, would that also result in useless duplicates of the statistics?
>
>
> 2012/3/30 Nick Bailey <ni...@datastax.com>
>>
>> Unfortunately at the moment OpsCenter only really supports having one
>> instance per cluster. It may be possible to set up an instance in each
>> datacenter, however it has not been tested and each opscenter instance
>> would lose some functionality.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:13 AM, Alexandru Sicoe <ad...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Nick,
>> >
>> > I forgot to say I was using 1.2.3 which I think uses different ports. So
>> > I
>> > will upgrade to 1.4.1 and open those ports across the firewall although
>> > that's kind of a pain. I already have about 320 config lines for the
>> > Cassandra cluster itself.
>> >
>> > So, just to make things clear, is it mandatory to have one OpsCenter
>> > instance per Cassandra cluster? Even if that cluster is split in
>> > multiple
>> > Cassandra DCs across separate regions?
>> >
>> > Is there a way to have one OpsCenter per Cassandra DC (monitor Cassandra
>> > DCs
>> > individually)? That would get rid of many configuration issues!
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Alex
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Nick Bailey <ni...@datastax.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> This setup may be possible although there are a few potential issues.
>> >> Firstly, see:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.datastax.com/docs/opscenter/configure_opscenter#configuring-firewall-port-access
>> >>
>> >> Basically the agents and OpsCenter communicate on ports 61620 and
>> >> 61621 by default (those can be configured though). The agents will
>> >> contact the the OpsCenter machine on port 61620. You can specify the
>> >> interface the agents will use to connect to this port when
>> >> installing/setting up the agents.
>> >>
>> >> The OpsCenter machine will contact the agents on port 61621. Right now
>> >> the OpsCenter machine will only talk to the nodes using the
>> >> listen_address configured in your cassandra conf. We have a task to
>> >> fix this in the future so that you can configure the interface that
>> >> opscenter will contact each agent on. In the meantime though OpsCenter
>> >> will need to be able to hit the listen_address for each node.
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Alexandru Sicoe <ad...@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> > I am planning on testing OpsCenter to see how it can monitor a multi
>> >> > DC
>> >> > cluster. There are 2 DCs each on a different side of a firewall. I've
>> >> > configured NAT on the firewall to allow the communication between all
>> >> > Cassandra nodes on ports 7000, 7199 and 9160. The cluster works fine.
>> >> > However when I start OpsCenter (obviously on one side of the
>> >> > firewall)
>> >> > the
>> >> > OpsCenter CF gives me two schema versions in the cluster and
>> >> > basically
>> >> > messes up everything. Plus, I can only see the nodes on one the same
>> >> > side.
>> >> >
>> >> > What are the requirements to let the OpsCenter on one side see the
>> >> > Cassandra
>> >> > nodes and the OpsCenter agents on the other, and viceversa?
>> >> >
>> >> > Is it possible to use OpsCenter across a firewall?
>> >> >
>> >> > Cheers,
>> >> > Alex
>> >
>> >
>
>
>
>
> --
> With kind regards,
>
> Robin Verlangen
> www.robinverlangen.nl
>
Re: another DataStax OpsCenter question
Posted by "R. Verlangen" <ro...@us2.nl>.
Nick, would that also result in useless duplicates of the statistics?
2012/3/30 Nick Bailey <ni...@datastax.com>
> Unfortunately at the moment OpsCenter only really supports having one
> instance per cluster. It may be possible to set up an instance in each
> datacenter, however it has not been tested and each opscenter instance
> would lose some functionality.
>
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:13 AM, Alexandru Sicoe <ad...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Nick,
> >
> > I forgot to say I was using 1.2.3 which I think uses different ports. So
> I
> > will upgrade to 1.4.1 and open those ports across the firewall although
> > that's kind of a pain. I already have about 320 config lines for the
> > Cassandra cluster itself.
> >
> > So, just to make things clear, is it mandatory to have one OpsCenter
> > instance per Cassandra cluster? Even if that cluster is split in multiple
> > Cassandra DCs across separate regions?
> >
> > Is there a way to have one OpsCenter per Cassandra DC (monitor Cassandra
> DCs
> > individually)? That would get rid of many configuration issues!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Alex
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Nick Bailey <ni...@datastax.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> This setup may be possible although there are a few potential issues.
> >> Firstly, see:
> >>
> http://www.datastax.com/docs/opscenter/configure_opscenter#configuring-firewall-port-access
> >>
> >> Basically the agents and OpsCenter communicate on ports 61620 and
> >> 61621 by default (those can be configured though). The agents will
> >> contact the the OpsCenter machine on port 61620. You can specify the
> >> interface the agents will use to connect to this port when
> >> installing/setting up the agents.
> >>
> >> The OpsCenter machine will contact the agents on port 61621. Right now
> >> the OpsCenter machine will only talk to the nodes using the
> >> listen_address configured in your cassandra conf. We have a task to
> >> fix this in the future so that you can configure the interface that
> >> opscenter will contact each agent on. In the meantime though OpsCenter
> >> will need to be able to hit the listen_address for each node.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Alexandru Sicoe <ad...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> > I am planning on testing OpsCenter to see how it can monitor a multi
> DC
> >> > cluster. There are 2 DCs each on a different side of a firewall. I've
> >> > configured NAT on the firewall to allow the communication between all
> >> > Cassandra nodes on ports 7000, 7199 and 9160. The cluster works fine.
> >> > However when I start OpsCenter (obviously on one side of the firewall)
> >> > the
> >> > OpsCenter CF gives me two schema versions in the cluster and basically
> >> > messes up everything. Plus, I can only see the nodes on one the same
> >> > side.
> >> >
> >> > What are the requirements to let the OpsCenter on one side see the
> >> > Cassandra
> >> > nodes and the OpsCenter agents on the other, and viceversa?
> >> >
> >> > Is it possible to use OpsCenter across a firewall?
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> > Alex
> >
> >
>
--
With kind regards,
Robin Verlangen
www.robinverlangen.nl
Re: another DataStax OpsCenter question
Posted by Nick Bailey <ni...@datastax.com>.
Unfortunately at the moment OpsCenter only really supports having one
instance per cluster. It may be possible to set up an instance in each
datacenter, however it has not been tested and each opscenter instance
would lose some functionality.
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:13 AM, Alexandru Sicoe <ad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> I forgot to say I was using 1.2.3 which I think uses different ports. So I
> will upgrade to 1.4.1 and open those ports across the firewall although
> that's kind of a pain. I already have about 320 config lines for the
> Cassandra cluster itself.
>
> So, just to make things clear, is it mandatory to have one OpsCenter
> instance per Cassandra cluster? Even if that cluster is split in multiple
> Cassandra DCs across separate regions?
>
> Is there a way to have one OpsCenter per Cassandra DC (monitor Cassandra DCs
> individually)? That would get rid of many configuration issues!
>
> Cheers,
> Alex
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Nick Bailey <ni...@datastax.com> wrote:
>>
>> This setup may be possible although there are a few potential issues.
>> Firstly, see:
>> http://www.datastax.com/docs/opscenter/configure_opscenter#configuring-firewall-port-access
>>
>> Basically the agents and OpsCenter communicate on ports 61620 and
>> 61621 by default (those can be configured though). The agents will
>> contact the the OpsCenter machine on port 61620. You can specify the
>> interface the agents will use to connect to this port when
>> installing/setting up the agents.
>>
>> The OpsCenter machine will contact the agents on port 61621. Right now
>> the OpsCenter machine will only talk to the nodes using the
>> listen_address configured in your cassandra conf. We have a task to
>> fix this in the future so that you can configure the interface that
>> opscenter will contact each agent on. In the meantime though OpsCenter
>> will need to be able to hit the listen_address for each node.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Alexandru Sicoe <ad...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> > I am planning on testing OpsCenter to see how it can monitor a multi DC
>> > cluster. There are 2 DCs each on a different side of a firewall. I've
>> > configured NAT on the firewall to allow the communication between all
>> > Cassandra nodes on ports 7000, 7199 and 9160. The cluster works fine.
>> > However when I start OpsCenter (obviously on one side of the firewall)
>> > the
>> > OpsCenter CF gives me two schema versions in the cluster and basically
>> > messes up everything. Plus, I can only see the nodes on one the same
>> > side.
>> >
>> > What are the requirements to let the OpsCenter on one side see the
>> > Cassandra
>> > nodes and the OpsCenter agents on the other, and viceversa?
>> >
>> > Is it possible to use OpsCenter across a firewall?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Alex
>
>
Re: another DataStax OpsCenter question
Posted by Alexandru Sicoe <ad...@gmail.com>.
Hi Nick,
I forgot to say I was using 1.2.3 which I think uses different ports. So I
will upgrade to 1.4.1 and open those ports across the firewall although
that's kind of a pain. I already have about 320 config lines for the
Cassandra cluster itself.
So, just to make things clear, is it mandatory to have one OpsCenter
instance per Cassandra cluster? Even if that cluster is split in multiple
Cassandra DCs across separate regions?
Is there a way to have one OpsCenter per Cassandra DC (monitor Cassandra
DCs individually)? That would get rid of many configuration issues!
Cheers,
Alex
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Nick Bailey <ni...@datastax.com> wrote:
> This setup may be possible although there are a few potential issues.
> Firstly, see:
> http://www.datastax.com/docs/opscenter/configure_opscenter#configuring-firewall-port-access
>
> Basically the agents and OpsCenter communicate on ports 61620 and
> 61621 by default (those can be configured though). The agents will
> contact the the OpsCenter machine on port 61620. You can specify the
> interface the agents will use to connect to this port when
> installing/setting up the agents.
>
> The OpsCenter machine will contact the agents on port 61621. Right now
> the OpsCenter machine will only talk to the nodes using the
> listen_address configured in your cassandra conf. We have a task to
> fix this in the future so that you can configure the interface that
> opscenter will contact each agent on. In the meantime though OpsCenter
> will need to be able to hit the listen_address for each node.
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Alexandru Sicoe <ad...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am planning on testing OpsCenter to see how it can monitor a multi DC
> > cluster. There are 2 DCs each on a different side of a firewall. I've
> > configured NAT on the firewall to allow the communication between all
> > Cassandra nodes on ports 7000, 7199 and 9160. The cluster works fine.
> > However when I start OpsCenter (obviously on one side of the firewall)
> the
> > OpsCenter CF gives me two schema versions in the cluster and basically
> > messes up everything. Plus, I can only see the nodes on one the same
> side.
> >
> > What are the requirements to let the OpsCenter on one side see the
> Cassandra
> > nodes and the OpsCenter agents on the other, and viceversa?
> >
> > Is it possible to use OpsCenter across a firewall?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Alex
>
Re: another DataStax OpsCenter question
Posted by Nick Bailey <ni...@datastax.com>.
This setup may be possible although there are a few potential issues.
Firstly, see: http://www.datastax.com/docs/opscenter/configure_opscenter#configuring-firewall-port-access
Basically the agents and OpsCenter communicate on ports 61620 and
61621 by default (those can be configured though). The agents will
contact the the OpsCenter machine on port 61620. You can specify the
interface the agents will use to connect to this port when
installing/setting up the agents.
The OpsCenter machine will contact the agents on port 61621. Right now
the OpsCenter machine will only talk to the nodes using the
listen_address configured in your cassandra conf. We have a task to
fix this in the future so that you can configure the interface that
opscenter will contact each agent on. In the meantime though OpsCenter
will need to be able to hit the listen_address for each node.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Alexandru Sicoe <ad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am planning on testing OpsCenter to see how it can monitor a multi DC
> cluster. There are 2 DCs each on a different side of a firewall. I've
> configured NAT on the firewall to allow the communication between all
> Cassandra nodes on ports 7000, 7199 and 9160. The cluster works fine.
> However when I start OpsCenter (obviously on one side of the firewall) the
> OpsCenter CF gives me two schema versions in the cluster and basically
> messes up everything. Plus, I can only see the nodes on one the same side.
>
> What are the requirements to let the OpsCenter on one side see the Cassandra
> nodes and the OpsCenter agents on the other, and viceversa?
>
> Is it possible to use OpsCenter across a firewall?
>
> Cheers,
> Alex