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1 Introduction
1.1 What’s New
1.2 Typographical Conventions Used in this Guide
1.3 Supported Platforms
2 EDB Ark - Overview
2.1 Architecture Overview
2.1.1 Using EDB Ark on an OpenStack Host
2.1.2 Using Ark on an Amazon AWS Virtual Private Cloud
2.1.3 Monitoring an Ark Cluster with Postgres Enterprise Manager
2.2 Ark Authentication Models
2.2.1 Using Provider Authentication on Amazon
2.2.2 Using PostgreSQL Authentication on AWS
2.2.3 Using Provider Authentication on OpenStack or Azure
2.2.4 Using PostgreSQL Authentication on OpenStack or Azure
2.2.5 Using the OpenStack Standalone Security Model with PostgreSQL Authentication
3 Installing the EDB Ark Console
3.1 Installing EDB Ark for Amazon AWS
3.1.1 Launching the Ark Console Instance
3.1.2 Creating the Amazon AWS Service User and Service Role
3.1.2.1 Creating the AWS Service User
3.1.2.2 Creating the AWS Service Role
3.1.3 Configuring the Ark Console
3.1.4 Creating an Amazon Role and Registering an Ark Console User
3.2 Installing EDB Ark for OpenStack
3.2.1 OpenStack Prerequisites
3.2.2 Importing the EDB Ark Image on an OpenStack Host
3.2.3 Creating the EDB Ark Security Group
3.2.4 Launching the EDB Ark Console Instance
3.2.5 Assign a Floating IP Address
3.2.6 Configuring the Ark Console
3.2.7 Configuring a User to Log In
3.2.8 Connecting to the Administrative Console on an OpenStack Host
3.3 Installing EDB Ark for Azure
3.3.1 Providing Administrative Access to an Azure User
3.3.2 Creating a Security Group
3.3.3 Creating a Storage Account
3.3.4 Launching the Ark Console Instance
3.3.5 Configuring the Ark Console
3.3.6 Connecting to the Administrative Console on an Azure Host
4 Administrative Features of the EDB Ark Console
4.1 Using the Admin Tab
4.1.1 Using the Console Switcher
4.1.2 Managing Server Images
4.1.3 Managing Database Engines
4.1.3.1 Adding, Modifying, or Deleting Engine Definitions
4.1.3.2 Adding Supporting Components to a Database Engine Definition
4.1.3.2.1 Registering a PEM Agent
4.1.3.2.1 Adding PostGIS to a Database Engine
4.1.4 Template Administration
4.1.5 Red Hat Subscription Management
4.1.6 Managing Amazon Roles
4.1.7 User Administration
4.1.3.3 User Administration on an Amazon Host
4.1.3.4 User Administration on an Azure Host
4.1.3.5 User Administration on an OpenStack Host
4.1.3.6 Displaying Connected Users
4.1.3.7 Managing the Wall Message
4.1.8 Accessing the Console Logs
4.1.9 Editing Installation Properties
4.2 Using the DBA Tab
4.3 The DBA Tables
4.3.1 activation
4.3.2 attachedvolume
4.3.3 backups
4.3.4 consoleurl
4.3.5 dbengine
4.3.6 instances
4.3.7 nodestatistics
4.3.8 pcshistory
4.3.9 property
4.3.10 rhelrepo
4.3.11 rhelsubscription
4.3.12 serverimage
4.3.13 snapshots
4.3.14 template
5 Securing EDB Ark
5.1 Modifying a Security Group for an OpenStack Hosted Console
5.2 Modifying a Security Group for an Amazon AWS Hosted Console
5.3 Using ssh to Access a Server
5.4 Using iptables Rules
5.5 Post-Installation Recommendations
6 Console Management
6.1 Starting, Stopping or Restarting the Ark Console
6.2 Changing Console Passwords
6.3 Customizing the Console
6.4 Importing SSL Certificates on OpenStack
7 Recovering From a Console Failure
7.1 Modifying Backup Properties with the EDB Ark Console
7.1.1 Using the Recover Option on an AWS Backed Console
7.1.2 Using the Recover Option on an OpenStack Backed Console
7.1.3 Using the Recover Option on an Azure Backed Console
7.2 Manually Recovering from Console Backups
8 Notifications
9 Resources
9.1 Licenses
10 Reference - Amazon AWS Policies
10.1 Reference - Amazon Service User Security Policy
10.2 Amazon IAM Role Trust Relationship
10.3 Reference – AWS IAM Role Permission Policy
11 Creating a Statically Provisioned Image
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