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Configure Monitoring with Toolbox

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Using Toolbox to configure cluster monitoring is the preferred and default method. Toolbox largely automates the monitoring configuration by using standard metrics database and pipeline DDLs and predefined values. To customize these DDLs and values, you may configure monitoring manually by using SQL.

Enable the Exporter Process

The memsql-exporter process (or simply the exporter) collects data about a running cluster. The user that starts the exporter (other than the SingleStoreDB root user) must have the following permissions at a minimum:

GRANT CLUSTER on *.* to <user>;
GRANT SHOW METADATA on *.* to <user>;
GRANT SELECT on *.* to <user>;
GRANT PROCESS on *.* to <user>;

Start the Exporter Process

Perform the following steps on the Source cluster Master Aggregator.

Note that the exporter process is restarted when the exporter_port variable is set to any non-zero value, including the current value. The exporter_port variable can be set by running sdb-admin configure-monitoring --exporter-port <port>.

Run either of the following to start the exporter. This command will start the exporter using the SingleStoreDB root user and default port (9104). The exporter username and password are used to access the Source cluster. Refer to sdb-admin configure-monitoring for more information.

HTTP Connections

sdb-admin configure-monitoring \
--exporter-user root \
--exporter-password <secure-password>

HTTPS Connections

  1. Copy the server certificate and key to the Master Aggregator host of the Source cluster. This certificate will be used by the exporter process and must be readable by the user under which the nodes are running on the host (typically the memsql user).

  2. On the Source cluster, run the following command to start the exporter.

    sdb-admin configure-monitoring \
        --exporter-user root \
        --exporter-password <secure-password> \
        --exporter-use-https \
        --exporter-ssl-cert=/path/to/server-cert.pem \
        --exporter-ssl-key=/path/to/server-key.pem \
        --exporter-ssl-passphrase=<passphrase>

    Note: The --exporter-ssl-passphrase option should only be included if the server key has a passphrase.

    Refer to configure-monitoring for additional options, including --exporter-user and --exporter-password.

How to Stop the Exporter Process

You may stop the exporter at any time by running the following command on the Source cluster Master Aggregator.

sdb-admin configure-monitoring --stop-exporter

Configure the metrics Database

The metrics database can either reside in the Source cluster, in a dedicated Metrics cluster, or in a remote SingleStoreDB cluster that the Metrics cluster can access.

Note that the user that creates the metrics database may differ from the one that started the exporter. This user must be able to create tables, databases, and pipelines. At a minimum, the following permissions are required:

The following command creates a database named metrics with a 10-day retention period for the data, and will also create the associated metrics and blobs pipelines. These pipelines are responsible for extracting data from the exporter and storing it in the metrics database.

The exporter-host value must be the Master Aggregator host in the Source cluster. The user and password are the credentials for the Metrics cluster. The variable retention-period defines the number of days that data is retained before being deleted. Refer to sdb-admin start-monitoring for more information.

Please note the following:

  • The database that is created to store monitoring data is named metrics by default. You may change the database name by updating the value of the --database-name option.

  • The database user is root by default. When creating the metrics database with a database user other than root, the SUPER privilege must be granted to this user. For example, for a dbmon user:

    GRANT SUPER ON *.* TO 'dbmon'@'%';

  • The IP address provided in the exporter-host argument must be resolvable by all hosts in the cluster. If the cluster you are monitoring has hosts that contain leaf nodes (as is common in a multi-host vs. single-host deployment), do not use localhost. Instead, provide the explicit IP address or hostname that the other hosts in the cluster can resolve.

  • This command must be run on the Metrics cluster.

Note

For Metrics clusters running SingleStoreDB 7.3.12 and earlier that are managed by Toolbox 1.11.7 and earlier, when a new Source cluster is monitored, the specified --retention-period will apply to all existing Source clusters.

For Metrics clusters running SingleStoreDB 7.3.13 and later that are managed with Toolbox 1.11.8 and later, a unique --retention-period can be specified for each Source cluster. Therefore, when a new Source cluster is monitored, the specified --retention-period will only apply to that Source cluster.

HTTP Connections

Run the following command to start monitoring.

sdb-admin start-monitoring \
--database-name metrics \
--exporter-host <exporter-hostname-or-IP-address> \
--user root \
--password <secure-password> \
--retention-period 10

HTTPS Connections

  1. Copy the CA certificate to the same file path on each host of the Metrics cluster.

    Alternatively, a directory containing multiple CA certificates can be provided, and this path must be the same on all hosts. This directory will be used by the monitoring pipelines and must be readable by the user under which the nodes are running on the host (typically the memsql user).

  2. Run the following command to start monitoring.

    sdb-admin start-monitoring \
        --database-name metrics \
        --exporter-host=<exporter-hostname-or-IP-address> \
        --user root \
        --password=<secure-password> \
        --retention-period 10 \
        --ssl-ca=/path/to/ca-cert.pem      --or-- 
        --ssl-capath=/ca-directory/including/path

    Refer to start-monitoring for additional options.

How to Stop the Monitoring Process

You may stop the monitoring process at any time by performing the following command.

Note: Be sure to substitute the database name and/or the associated database user if you've changed them from the defaults of the metrics database and the root user.

sdb-admin stop-monitoring \
--exporter-host <exporter-hostname-or-IP-address> \
--user root \
--password <secure-password>

Last modified: November 21, 2023

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