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Congaisanintegratedsetofsoftwarecomponentsthatprovidescentralizedconfigurationan
Hatclustersandstorage.Congaprovidesthefollowingmajorfeatures:
OneWebinterfaceformanagingclusterandstorage
AutomatedDeploymentofClusterDataandSupportingPackages
EasyIntegrationwithExistingClusters
NoNeedtoReAuthenticate
IntegrationofClusterStatusandLogs
FineGrainedControloverUserPermissions

TheprimarycomponentsinCongaareluciandricci,whichareseparatelyinstallable.
computerandcommunicateswithmultipleclustersandcomputersviaricci.ricciisanagent
computer(eitheraclustermemberorastandalonecomputer)managedbyConga.

luciisaccessiblethroughaWebbrowserandprovidesthreemajorfunctionsthatareaccess
tabs:

homebaseProvidestoolsforaddinganddeletingcomputers,addinganddeletingusers
privileges.Onlyasystemadministratorisallowedtoaccessthistab.

clusterProvidestoolsforcreatingandconfiguringclusters.Eachinstanceofluci
setupwiththatluci.Asystemadministratorcanadministerallclusterslistedonthistab.O
administeronlyclustersthattheuserhaspermissiontomanage(grantedbyanadministra

storageProvidestoolsforremoteadministrationofstorage.Withthetoolsonthistab,
oncomputerswhethertheybelongtoaclusterornot.

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Toadministeraclusterorstorage,anadministratoradds(orregisters)aclusteroracompute
clusteroracomputerisregisteredwithluci,theFQDNhostnameorIPaddressofeachcomp
database.

Youcanpopulatethedatabaseofoneluciinstancefromanotherluciinstance.Thatcapability
replicatingaluciserverinstanceandprovidesanefficientupgradeandtestingpath.Whenyou
luci,itsdatabaseisempty.However,youcanimportpartorallofalucidatabasefromanexis
deployinganewluciserver.

Eachluciinstancehasoneuseratinitialinstallationadmin.Onlytheadminusermayadds
Also,theadminusercancreateadditionaluseraccountsanddeterminewhichusersareallow
andcomputersregisteredinthelucidatabase.Itispossibletoimportusersasabatchoperat
justasitispossibletoimportclustersandcomputers.

Whenacomputerisaddedtoaluciservertobeadministered,authenticationisdoneonce.N
necessaryfromthenon(unlessthecertificateusedisrevokedbyaCA).Afterthat,youcanre
manageclustersandstoragethroughtheluciuserinterface.luciandriccicommunicatewith
Thefollowingfiguresshowsampledisplaysofthethreemajorlucitabs:homebase,cluster
FormoreinformationaboutConga,refertoChapter3,ConfiguringRedHatClusterWith
CA.html),Chapter4,ManagingRedHatClusterWithConga(chmgmtcongaCA.html)
withtheluciserver.

Figure1.3.lucihomebaseTab

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Figure1.4.luciclusterTab

Figure1.5.lucistorageTab

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