Deploy Dashboard Enterprise Edition

This topic will introduce how to deploy Dashboard Enterprise Edition in detail.

Prerequisites

Before deploying Dashboard Enterprise Edition, you must do a check of these:

• Select and download Dashboard Enterprise Edition of the correct version. For information about the version correspondence between Dashboard Enterprise Edition and NebulaGraph, see Version compatibility.

• MySQL and SQLite are supported to store Dashboard metadata. To use MySQL, make sure that the environment of MySQL is ready and a MySQL database named as dashboard is create. Make sure the default character set of the database is utf8.

  Note

  No SQLite environment is required when using SQLite to store Dashboard metadata.

• Before the installation starts, the following ports are not occupied.

  Port	Description
  7005	The port through which Dashboard Enterprise Edition provides the web service.
  9090	The port of the prometheus service.
  9200	The port of the nebula-stats-exporter service.
  9093	The port of the Alertmanager service, used to receive Prometheus alerts and then send them to Dashboard.
  9100	The port of the node-exporter service. The node-exporter is aumatically deployed on the target machine after a cluster is created or imported. It is used to collect the source information of machines in the cluster, including the CPU, memory, load, disk, and network.

• The license is ready.

  Enterpriseonly

  The license is only available in the Enterprise Edition. To obtain the license, apply for Nebula Dashboard Free Trial.

Deploy Dashboard Enterprise Edition with TAR

Installation

1. Select and download the TAR package according to your needs. It is recommended to select the latest version.

   Enterpriseonly

   You can apply online for Dashboard Enterprise Edition free trial. To purchase, contact our sales team via email (inquiry@vesoft.com). For features of Dashboard Enterprise Edition, see Pricing.

2. Use tar -xzvf to decompress the TAR package.

   tar -xzvf nebula-dashboard-ent-<version>.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C <install_path>
   

   For example:

   tar -xzvf nebula-dashboard-ent-3.1.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/
   

3. Edit vim /usr/local/nebula-dashboard-ent/config/config.yaml to modify the configuration.

   server:
     host: 0.0.0.0 # Specifies the address segment that can access Dashboard.
     port: 7005 # The default port used to access Dashboard Enterprise Edition.  
     certFile: "" # The local device certificate path for accessing Dashboard via HTTPS.
     keyFile: "" # The local device certificate key path for accessing Dashboard via HTTPS.
   database:
     dialect: sqlite # The database type used to store metadata. Only support SQLite and MySQL currently. The default value is SQLite.
     autoMigrate: true # Whether to automatically create a database table. Defaults to true.
   
     # SQLite-related configurations, configured only when dialect is set to sqlite.
     sqliteFilePath: data/dashboard.sqlite.db # The default path for storing information in SQLite.
   
     # MySQL-related configurations, configured only when dialect is set to mysql.
     host: 192.168.8.157 # The IP address of the connected MySQL database.
     port: 3306 # The port of the connected MySQL database.
     username: root # The username to log in MySQL.
     password: nebula # The password to log in MySQL.
     name: dashboard # The name of the corresponding database.
     autoMigrate: true # Auto database tables creation, the default value of which is true.
   
   # Information about the exporter port
   exporter:
     nodePort: 9100 # The port of the node-exporter service.
     nebulaPort: 9200 # The port of the nebula-stats-exporter service.
   
   # Information of services
   proxy:
     prometheus:
       target: "127.0.0.1:9090" # The IP address and port of the prometheus service.
     alertmanager:
       target: "127.0.0.1:9093" # The IP address and port of the Alertmanager service.
   
   # Information of the sender's Email used to invite LDAP accounts.
   mail:
     host: smtp.office365.com #  The SMTP server address.
     port: 587 # The port number of the SMTP server.
     username: "" # The SMTP server account name.
     password: "" # The SMTP server password.
   
   # System information
   system:
     webAddress: http://127.0.0.1:7005 # The external access for Dashboard. It can be set as a hostname, used for interface callbacks. For example, the invitee who is invited by mail can use this link to access Dashboard.
     messageStore: 90 # It sets the number of days to keep alert messages, the value of which is 90 by default. 
   
   # LDAP information
   ldap:
     server: ldap://127.0.0.1 # The LDAP server address.
     bindDN: cn=admin,dc=vesoft,dc=com # The LDAP login username.
     bindPassword: "" # The LDAP login password.
     baseDN: dc=vesoft,dc=com # Set the path to query user data.
     userFilter: "&(objectClass=*)" # Set a filter to LDAP search queries.
     emailKey: mail # Set the field name used to restore email in LDAP.
   ...
   # BR
   br:
   backupLogsDir: "logs/br/backupLogsDir"
   restoreLogsDir: "logs/br/restoreLogsDir"
   

4. Copy the license file to the nebula-dashboard-ent directory.

   cp -r <license> <dashboard_path>
   

   For example:

   cp -r nebula.license /usr/local/nebula-dashboard-ent
   

5. Start Dashboard.

   You can use the following command to start the Dashboard with one click.

   cd /usr/local/nebula-dashboard-ent/scripts
   sudo ./dashboard.service start all
   

   Or execute the following commands to start prometheus, webserver, nebula-stats-exporter and alertmanager services to start Dashboard.

   cd scripts
   sudo ./dashboard.service start prometheus # Start prometheus service
   sudo ./dashboard.service start webserver # Start webserver service
   sudo ./dashboard.service start exporter # Start nebula-stats-exporter service
   sudo ./dashboard.service start alertmanager # Start alertmanager service
   

Note

If you change the configuration file after starting Dashboard, you can run dashboard.service restart all in the scripts directory to synchronize the changes to the Dashboard client page.

Manage Dashboard Service

You can use the dashboard.service script to start, stop, and check the Dashboard services.

sudo <dashboard_path>/dashboard/scripts/dashboard.service
[-v] [-h]
<start|stop|status>  <prometheus|webserver|exporter|gateway|all>

Parameter	Description
dashboard_path	Dashboard installation path.
-v	Display detailed debugging information.
-h	Display help information.
start	Start the target services.
stop	Stop the target services.
status	Check the status of the target services.
prometheus	Set the prometheus Service as the target service.
webserver	Set the webserver Service as the target service.
exporter	Set the exporter Service as the target service.
gateway	Set the gateway Service as the target service.
all	Set all the Dashboard services as the target services.

Examples

Dashboard is installed in the current directory, and you can use the following commands to manage services.

sudo /dashboard/scripts/dashboard.service start all #Start Dashboard. 
sudo /dashboard/scripts/dashboard.service stop all #Stop Dashboard. 
sudo /dashboard/scripts/dashboard.service status all #Check Dashboard status.
sudo /dashboard/scripts/dashboard.service restart all #Restart Dashboard.

Deploy Dashboard Enterprise Edition with RPM

Installation

1. Download an RPM package.

   Enterpriseonly

   You can apply online for Dashboard Enterprise Edition free trial. To purchase, contact our sales team via email (inquiry@vesoft.com). For features of Dashboard Enterprise Edition, see Pricing.

2. Run sudo rpm -i <rpm> to install the RPM package.

   For example, run the following command to install Dashboard Enterprise Edition. Installation path is /usr/local/nebula-dashboard-ent by default.

   sudo rpm -i nebula-dashboard-ent-<version>.x86_64.rpm
   

   You can also run the following command to specify the installation path.

   sudo rpm -i nebula-dashboard-ent-xxx.rpm --prefix=<path> 
   

   During the installation process, you need to enter the path to the license and choose a database for storing Dashboard metadata. Currently, we support MySQL and SQLite.

   For example:

   SQLite

   Nebula Dashboard Enterprise version need license, please enter the license file path(~/nebula.license): /home/vesoft/license/nebula.license     
   Which database do you want to use? [sqlite | mysql]:sqlite # The default value is SQLite.      
   Do you want to start the service now? [Y/N]: y      
   

   MySQL

   Nebula Dashboard Enterprise version need license please enter the license file path(~/nebula.license): /home/vesoft/license/nebula.license        
   Which database do you want to use? [sqlite | mysql]:mysql
   Step1: set mysql database config
   Enter mysql host(127.0.0.1): 192.168.8.157  # The IP address of the connected MySQL database.
   Enter mysql service port(3306):  # The port of the connected MySQL database. The default port is 3306.
   Enter mysql username(root): # The username to log in MySQL.
   Enter mysql password(nebula): # The password to log in MySQL.
   Enter mysql database name(dashboard): # The name of the corresponding database.
   Do you want to start the service now? [Y/N]: y
   

3. (Optional) Run the following commands to view the status of and start all the services.

   sudo systemctl list-dependencies nebula-dashboard.target  # View the status of all the services.
   sudo systemctl start nebula-dashboard.target   # Start all the services.
   

   You can also view, start, and stop a single service. For example:

   sudo systemctl {status|stop|start} {nbd-prometheus.service|nbd-alert-manager.service|nbd-stats-exporter.service|nbd-webserver.service}
   

4. (Optional) To configure recipients of cluster alert notifications and to configure LDAP accounts, run vim /usr/local/nebula-dashboard-ent/config/config.yaml and add the following settings.

   # Information of the sender's Email used to invite LDAP accounts.
   mail:
     host: smtp.office365.com #  The SMTP server address.
     port: 587 # The port number of the SMTP server.
     username: "" # The SMTP server account name.
     password: "" # The SMTP server password.
   # System information
   system:
     webAddress: http://127.0.0.1:7005 # The address to access Dashboard for the invitee who is invited by mail.
     messageStore: 90 # It sets the number of days to keep alert messages, the value of which is 90 by default. 
   # LDAP information
   ldap:
     server: ldap://127.0.0.1 # The LDAP server address.
     bindDN: cn=admin,dc=vesoft,dc=com # The LDAP login username.
     bindPassword: "" # The LDAP login password.
     baseDN: dc=vesoft,dc=com # Set the path to query user data.
     userFilter: "&(objectClass=*)" # Set a filter to LDAP search queries.
     emailKey: mail # Set the field name used to restore email in LDAP.
   

View logs

You can view the Dashboard Enterprise Edition operation logs in the /var/log/messages path.

For example:

sudo cat /var/log/messages

Run the following command to view the logs of each service in Dashboard:

journalctl -u {nbd-prometheus.service|nbd-alert-manager.service|nbd-stats-exporter.service|nbd-webserver.service} -b

For example, to view the logs of the Prometheus service, run the following command:

journalctl -u nbd-prometheus.service -b

Uninstallation

To uninstall Dashboard Enterprise Edition deployed with RPM, run the following command.

sudo rpm -e <package_name>

Deploy Dashboard Enterprise Edition with DEB

Installation

1. Download a DEB package.

   Enterpriseonly

   You can apply online for Dashboard Enterprise Edition free trial. To purchase, contact our sales team via email (inquiry@vesoft.com). For features of Dashboard Enterprise Edition, see Pricing.

2. Install the package.

   sudo dpkg -i <package_name>
   

   Note

   Custom installation paths are not supported when installing Dashboard Enterprise Edition with DEB. The default installation path is /usr/local/nebula-dashboard-ent/.

   For example, to install the DEB package of the 3.1.0 version:

   sudo dpkg -i nebula-dashboard-ent-3.1.0.ubuntu1804.amd64.deb
   

   During the installation process, you need to enter the path to the license and choose a database for storing Dashboard metadata. Currently, we support MySQL and SQLite.

   For example:

   SQLite

   Nebula Dashboard Enterprise version need license, please enter the license file path(~/nebula.license): /home/vesoft/license/nebula.license     
   Which database do you want to use? [sqlite | mysql]:sqlite # The default value is SQLite.      
   Do you want to start the service now? [Y/N]: y      
   

   MySQL

   Nebula Dashboard Enterprise version need license please enter the license file path(~/nebula.license): /home/vesoft/license/nebula.license        
   Which database do you want to use? [sqlite | mysql]:mysql
   Step1: set mysql database config
   Enter mysql host(127.0.0.1): 192.168.8.157  # The IP address of the connected MySQL database.
   Enter mysql service port(3306):  # The port of the connected MySQL database. The default port is 3306.
   Enter mysql username(root): # The username to log in MySQL.
   Enter mysql password(nebula): # The password to log in MySQL.
   Enter mysql database name(dashboard): # The name of the corresponding database.
   Do you want to start the service now? [Y/N]: y
   

3. (Optional) Run the following commands to view the status of and start all the services.

   sudo systemctl list-dependencies nebula-dashboard.target  # View the status of all the services.
   sudo systemctl start nebula-dashboard.target   # Start all the services.
   

   You can also view, start, and stop a single service. For example:

   sudo systemctl {status|stop|start} {nbd-prometheus.service|nbd-alert-manager.service|nbd-stats-exporter.service|nbd-webserver.service}
   

4. (Optional) To configure recipients of cluster alert notifications and to configure LDAP accounts, run vim /usr/local/nebula-dashboard-ent/config/config.yaml and add the following settings.

   # Information of the sender's Email used to invite LDAP accounts.
   mail:
     host: smtp.office365.com #  The SMTP server address.
     port: 587 # The port number of the SMTP server.
     username: "" # The SMTP server account name.
     password: "" # The SMTP server password.
   # System information
   system:
     webAddress: http://127.0.0.1:7005 # The address to access Dashboard for the invitee who is invited by mail.
     messageStore: 90 # It sets the number of days to keep alert messages, the value of which is 90 by default. 
   # LDAP information
   ldap:
     server: ldap://127.0.0.1 # The LDAP server address.
     bindDN: cn=admin,dc=vesoft,dc=com # The LDAP login username.
     bindPassword: "" # The LDAP login password.
     baseDN: dc=vesoft,dc=com # Set the path to query user data.
     userFilter: "&(objectClass=*)" # Set a filter to LDAP search queries.
     emailKey: mail # Set the field name used to restore email in LDAP.
   

View logs

You can view the Dashboard Enterprise Edition operation logs in the /var/log/syslog path.

For example:

sudo cat /var/log/syslog

Run the following command to view the logs of each service in Dashboard:

journalctl -u {nbd-prometheus.service|nbd-alert-manager.service|nbd-stats-exporter.service|nbd-webserver.service} -b

For example, to view the logs of the Prometheus service, run the following command:

journalctl -u nbd-prometheus.service -b

Uninstallation

To uninstall Dashboard Enterprise Edition, run the following command.

sudo dpkg -r <package_name>

Connect to Dashboard

After Dashboard is successfully started, you can enter http://<ip_address>:7005 in the address bar of a browser.

If the following login interface is shown in the browser, then you have successfully deployed and started Dashboard.

Note

When logging into the Nebula Dashboard Enterprise Edition for the first time, the content of END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT is displayed on the login page. Please read it and then click I Agree.

You can log into Dashboard with the initialization account name nebula and password nebula, and then create LDAP and general accounts. You can log into Dashboard with the accounts that you have created then. For more information about the Dashboard account, see Authority Management.

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Last update: March 13, 2023