This guide provides step-by-step instructions to configure the CORTX GUI. You can configure the CORTX GUI after your CORTX cluster is up and running using one of the following guides:
The configuration of CORTX GUI gets completed in two-step:
The preboarding procedure must be performed only once. On the preboarding process, you need to create an admin user for CORTX GUI.
Click here to expand the preboarding procedure.
Open a browser and navigate to the https://<management IP>/#/preboarding/welcome
If you see a message about your connection not being private, it is safe to ignore this message.
If you are using Google Chrome, you may proceed by simply typing the following text (click on anywhere)
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Note: For 1.0.4 OVA use, Open a browser and navigate to the https://<management IP>:28100/#/preboarding/welcome
The onboarding procedure must be performed after completing the preboarding procedure. You should be brought automatically to the correct page after completing the preboarding:
- If you are not or you want to redo the onboarding, navigate to https://<management IP>/#/onboarding
- If you logged out navigate to: https://<management IP>/#/preboarding/login
You can also perform the onboarding tasks from the Settings page.
Click here to expand the onboarding procedure.
If prompted, log in with default username and password i.e. cortxadmin/Cortxadmin@123 and change to new password
Enter a memorable name in the System Name field, and click Continue.
Optional: If you have an SSL certificate, you can upload it. Otherwise, a default self-signed certificate provided by Seagate will be used. Click Continue.
Enter information about the DNS servers and Search domains in relevant fields, and click Continue. Multiple entries must be separated by commas.
- If you don't know your DNS servers, refer nameserver by running dig command.
- If you don't know your search domains, please use cortx.test.
Enter the NTP server address in the text box and select the NTP time zone offset from the drop-down menu. Then, click Continue. Multiple entries must be separated by a comma.
- If you don't know your NTP server, ntp-b.nist.gov will usually work. To use another NTP server, visit https://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi
Optional: If you want to receive email notifications, select the Subscribe to email notifications checkbox. The Notification settings: Email page is displayed.
- Fill in the fields appropriately.
- After filling in the information in all the fields, click Send test mail. If configured correctly, you should receive a test mail from CORTX.
- Click Apply. The process of configuring emails is completed.
Click Continue after reviewing the summary. A dialog box is displayed indicating the success of the onboarding process.
Click Go to dashboard. CORTX is now ready for use.
Note: CSM GUI can now be accessed by navigating to https://<management IP>/#/login
As the Consul service is not running, you will encounter the below-depicted error.
To resolve the error, execute the below-mentioned commands.
sed -i '11s/host:/host: 127.0.0.1/' /etc/csm/database.yaml systemctl restart csm_agent