The first component to set up when installing BlueCat Health Monitoring is the database. Before you begin, make sure you have downloaded and configured the docker-compose installation package from the BlueCat Care portal, as detailed in Pre-installation files and environment variables.
Login and start the database container
- Login to Quay.io to access the private repository for the BlueCat Health Monitoring Adaptive Application.
docker login quay.io
- Run the database container with docker-compose.
docker-compose -f db-docker-compose.yml up -d
When starting the database for the first time, it may take a few minutes for the
database to be ready to accept connections. Verify the database is ready by checking
the container logs.
- Retrieve the container logs for the
database.
docker logs <db container name or ID>
- Look for the following line in the container logs. If the line is present,
the database is
ready.
Created default superuser role 'cassandra'
- Start the CQLSH shell using the default credentials for user ‘cassandra’
with password ‘cassandra’.
docker exec -it bhm_db cqlsh -u cassandra -p cassandra
- Create a new database user with a unique name, and disable the default
'cassandra' user. Note: The database forces all names to be lowercase. To preserve case or use special characters in the user name, enclose the name in single quotes.
CREATE ROLE <username> WITH PASSWORD = '<password>' AND LOGIN = true AND SUPERUSER = true; ALTER ROLE cassandra with LOGIN = false; exit
- Validate that you are able to connect to the database with the new username
(enter password at prompt).
docker exec -it bhm_db cqlsh -u <username>
-
OPTIONAL: Remove the default 'cassandra' user from the database.
DROP ROLE cassandra;