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1.2. Installing and Configuring Data Warehouse on a Separate Machine

Install and configure Data Warehouse on a separate machine from that on which the Red Hat Virtualization Manager is installed. Hosting the Data Warehouse service on a separate machine helps to reduce the load on the Manager machine.

Prerequisites

  • You must have installed and configured the Manager on a separate machine.
  • To set up the Data Warehouse machine, you must have the following:
    • A virtual or physical machine with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 installed.
    • A subscription to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and Red Hat Virtualization subscription pools.
    • The password from the Manager's /etc/ovirt-engine/engine.conf.d/10-setup-database.conf file.
    • Allowed access from the Data Warehouse machine to the Manager database machine's TCP port 5432.
  • If you choose to use a remote Data Warehouse database, you must set up the database before installing the Data Warehouse service. You must have the following information about the database host:
    • The fully qualified domain name of the host
    • The port through which the database can be reached (5432 by default)
    • The database name
    • The database user
    • The database password
    • You must manually grant access by editing the postgres.conf file. Edit the /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf file and modify the listen_addresses line so that it matches the following:
      listen_addresses = '*'
      If the line does not exist or has been commented out, add it manually.
      If the database is hosted on the Manager machine and was configured during a clean setup of the Red Hat Virtualization Manager, access is granted by default.

Procedure 1.1. Installing and Configuring Data Warehouse on a Separate Machine

  1. Subscribe your system to the required entitlements. See Subscribing to the Required Entitlements in the Installation Guide for more information.
  2. Ensure that all packages currently installed are up to date:
    # yum update
  3. Install the ovirt-engine-dwh-setup package:
    # yum install ovirt-engine-dwh-setup
  4. Run the engine-setup command and follow the prompts to configure Data Warehouse on the machine:
    # engine-setup
    Configure Data Warehouse on this host (Yes, No) [Yes]:
  5. Press Enter to accept the automatically-detected host name, or enter an alternative host name and press Enter:
    Host fully qualified DNS name of this server [autodetected hostname]:
  6. Press Enter to automatically configure the firewall, or type No and press Enter to maintain existing settings:
    Setup can automatically configure the firewall on this system.
    Note: automatic configuration of the firewall may overwrite current settings.
    Do you want Setup to configure the firewall? (Yes, No) [Yes]:
    If you choose to automatically configure the firewall, and no firewall managers are active, you are prompted to select your chosen firewall manager from a list of supported options. Type the name of the firewall manager and press Enter. This applies even in cases where only one option is listed.
  7. Enter the fully qualified domain name of the Manager machine, and then press Enter:
    Host fully qualified DNS name of the engine server []:
  8. Press Enter to allow setup to sign the certificate on the Manager via SSH:
    Setup will need to do some actions on the remote engine server. Either automatically, using ssh as root to access it, or you will be prompted to manually perform each such action.
    Please choose one of the following:
    1 - Access remote engine server using ssh as root
    2 - Perform each action manually, use files to copy content around
    (1, 2) [1]:
  9. Press Enter to accept the default SSH port, or enter an alternative port number and then press Enter:
    ssh port on remote engine server [22]:
  10. Enter the root password for the Manager machine:
    root password on remote engine server manager.example.com:
  11. Answer the following questions about the Data Warehouse database:
    Where is the DWH database located? (Local, Remote) [Local]: 
    Setup can configure the local postgresql server automatically for the DWH to run. This may conflict with existing applications.
    Would you like Setup to automatically configure postgresql and create DWH database, or prefer to perform that manually? (Automatic, Manual) [Automatic]:
    Press Enter to choose the highlighted defaults, or type your alternative preference and then press Enter. If you select Remote, you are prompted to provide details about the remote database host. Input the following values for the preconfigured remote database host:
    DWH database host []: dwh-db-fqdn
    DWH database port [5432]:
    DWH database secured connection (Yes, No) [No]:
    DWH database name [ovirt_engine_history]:
    DWH database user [ovirt_engine_history]:
    DWH database password: password
    See Section 1.3.1, “Migrating the Data Warehouse Database to a Separate Machine” for more information on how to configure and migrate the Data Warehouse database.
  12. Enter the fully qualified domain name and password for the Manager database machine. Press Enter to accept the default values in each other field:
    Engine database host []: engine-db-fqdn
    Engine database port [5432]: 
    Engine database secured connection (Yes, No) [No]: 
    Engine database name [engine]: 
    Engine database user [engine]: 
    Engine database password: password
  13. Choose how long Data Warehouse will retain collected data:
    Please choose Data Warehouse sampling scale:
    (1) Basic
    (2) Full
    (1, 2)[1]:
    Full uses the default values for the data storage settings listed in Section 2.4, “Application Settings for the Data Warehouse service in ovirt-engine-dwhd.conf” (recommended when Data Warehouse is installed on a remote host).
    Basic reduces the values of DWH_TABLES_KEEP_HOURLY to 720 and DWH_TABLES_KEEP_DAILY to 0, easing the load on the Manager machine (recommended when the Manager and Data Warehouse are installed on the same machine).
  14. Confirm your installation settings:
    Please confirm installation settings (OK, Cancel) [OK]:
  15. On the Red Hat Virtualization Manager, restart the ovirt-engine service:
    # systemctl restart ovirt-engine.service
  16. Optionally, set up SSL to secure database connections using the instructions at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/ssl-tcp.html#SSL-FILE-USAGE.