Add worker nodes

Add worker nodes via the Management Portal as follows:

Note You can add nodes manually instead. For details, see How to add worker nodes by using the install.properties file.

  1. Launch the Management Portal from a supported web browser:

    https://<external_access_host>:5443

    <external_access_host> is the fully qualified domain name of the host which you specified as EXTERNAL_ACCESS_HOST in the install.properties file during the Container Deployment Foundation installation. Usually, this is the master node's FQDN.

  2. Log in with the user name admin, and the password cloud.
  3. The password must be changed after you logged in for the first time. Follow the instructions to change the password.
  4. Go to ADMINISTRATION > Nodes.
  5. In the Nodes area, click + ADD.

    Enter the host name or IP address of the node, the name of the root user, and the password of the specified user. Optionally, specify the THINPOOL_DEVICE and/or the FLANNEL_IFACE.

    THINPOOL_DEVICE: specifies the path to the Docker devicemapper storage driver.

    FLANNEL_IFACE: specifies the interface for the Docker inter-host communication as a single IPv4 address or interface name. This setting is used when the worker nodes have more than one network adapter.

    Click ADD to remotely install the extra node.