Automating installation and configuration can be useful for deploying multiple StorageGRID instances or one
large, complex StorageGRID instance.
To automate installation and configuration, use one or more of the following options:
• Create a JSON file that specifies the configuration settings for your appliances. Upload the JSON file using
the StorageGRID Appliance Installer.
You can use the same file to configure more than one appliance.
• Use the StorageGRID
configure-sga.py
Python script to automate the configuration of your appliances.
• Use additional Python scripts to configure other components of the whole StorageGRID system (the "grid").
You can use StorageGRID automation Python scripts directly, or you can use them as examples
of how to use the StorageGRID Installation REST API in grid deployment and configuration tools
you develop yourself. See the information about
downloading and extracting the StorageGRID
in the Recovery and Maintenance instructions.
Automate appliance configuration using StorageGRID Appliance Installer
You can automate the configuration of an appliance by using a JSON file that contains
the configuration information. You upload the file using the StorageGRID Appliance
Installer.
What you’ll need
• Your appliance must be on the latest firmware compatible with StorageGRID 11.5 or higher.
• You must be connected to the StorageGRID Appliance Installer on the appliance you are configuring using
.
About this task
You can automate appliance configuration tasks such as configuring the following:
• Grid Network, Admin Network, and Client Network IP addresses
• BMC interface
• Network links
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Port bond mode
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Network bond mode
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Link speed
Configuring your appliance using an uploaded JSON file is often more efficient than performing the
configuration manually using multiple pages in the StorageGRID Appliance Installer, especially if you have to
configure many nodes. You must apply the configuration file for each node one at a time.
Experienced users who want to automate both the installation and configuration of their
appliances can use the
configure-sga.py
script.
Automate installation and configuration of appliance nodes using configure-sga.py script
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