6.27 ndb_setup.py — Start browser-based Auto-Installer for NDB Cluster

ndb_setup.py starts the NDB Cluster Auto-Installer and opens the installer's Start page in the default Web browser.

Important

This program is intended to be invoked as a normal user, and not with the mysql, system root or other administrative account.

This section describes usage of and program options for the command-line tool only. For information about using the Auto-Installer GUI that is spawned when ndb_setup.py is invoked, see Section 4.1, “The NDB Cluster Auto-Installer (NDB 7.5)”.

Usage

All platforms:

ndb_setup.py [options]

Additionally, on Windows platforms only:

setup.bat [options]

The following table includes all options that are supported by the NDB Cluster installation and configuration program ndb_setup.py. Additional descriptions follow the table.

Table 6.22 Command-line options for the ndb_setup.py program

Format	Description	Added, Deprecated, or Removed
--browser-start-page=filename, -s	Page that the web browser opens when starting.	All MySQL 5.7 based releases
--ca-certs-file=filename, -a	File containing list of client certificates allowed to connect to the server	All MySQL 5.7 based releases
--cert-file=filename, -c	File containing X509 certificate that identifies the server. (Default: cfg.pem)	All MySQL 5.7 based releases
--debug-level=level, -d	Python logging module debug level. One of DEBUG, INFO, WARNING (default), ERROR, or CRITICAL.	All MySQL 5.7 based releases
--help, -h	Print help message	All MySQL 5.7 based releases
--key-file=file, -k	Specify file containing private key (if not included in --cert-file)	All MySQL 5.7 based releases
--no-browser, -n	Do not open the start page in a browser, merely start the tool	All MySQL 5.7 based releases
--port=#, -p	Specify the port used by the web server	All MySQL 5.7 based releases
--server-log-file=file, o	Log requests to this file. Use '-' to force logging to stderr instead.	All MySQL 5.7 based releases
--server-name=name, -N	The name of the server to connect with	All MySQL 5.7 based releases
--use-http, -H	Use unencrypted (HTTP) client/server connection	NDB 7.6 and later
--use-https, -S	Use encrypted (HTTPS) client/server connection	All MySQL 5.7 based releases

• --browser-start-page=file, -s

  Property	Value
  Command-Line Format	--browser-start-page=filename
  Type	String
  Default Value	index.html

  Specify the file to open in the browser as the installation and configuration Start page. The default is index.html.

• --ca-certs-file=file, -a

  Property	Value
  Command-Line Format	--ca-certs-file=filename
  Type	File name
  Default Value	[none]

  Specify a file containing a list of client certificates which are allowed to connect to the server. The default is an empty string, which means that no client authentication is used.

• --cert-file=file, -c

  Property	Value
  Command-Line Format	--cert-file=filename
  Type	File name
  Default Value	/usr/share/mysql/mcc/cfg.pem

  Specify a file containing an X.509 certificate which identifies the server. It is possible for the certificate to be self-signed. The default is cfg.pem.

• --debug-level=level, -d

  Property	Value
  Command-Line Format	--debug-level=level
  Type	Enumeration
  Default Value	WARNING
  Valid Values	WARNING DEBUG INFO ERROR CRITICAL

  Set the Python logging module debug level. This is one of DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, or CRITICAL. WARNING is the default.

• --help, -h

  Property	Value
  Command-Line Format	--help

  Print a help message.

• --key-file=file, -d

  Property	Value
  Command-Line Format	--key-file=file
  Type	File name
  Default Value	[none]

  Specify a file containing the private key if this is not included in the X. 509 certificate file (--cert-file). The default is an empty string, which means that no such file is used.

• --no-browser, -n

  Property	Value
  Command-Line Format	--no-browser

  Start the installation and configuration tool, but do not open the Start page in a browser.

• --port=#, -p

  Property	Value
  Command-Line Format	--port=#
  Type	Numeric
  Default Value	8081
  Minimum Value	1
  Maximum Value	65535

  Set the port used by the web server. The default is 8081.

• --server-log-file=file, -o

  Property	Value
  Command-Line Format	--server-log-file=file
  Type	File name
  Default Value	ndb_setup.log
  Valid Values	ndb_setup.log - (Log to stderr)

  Log requests to this file. The default is ndb_setup.log. To specify logging to stderr, rather than to a file, use a - (dash character) for the file name.

• --server-name=host, -N

  Property	Value
  Command-Line Format	--server-name=name
  Type	String
  Default Value	localhost

  Specify the host name or IP address for the browser to use when connecting. The default is localhost.

• --use-http, -H

  Property	Value
  Command-Line Format	--use-http

  Make the browser use HTTP to connect with the server. This means that the connection is unencrypted and not secured in any way.

  This option was added in NDB 7.6.

• --use-https, -S

  Property	Value
  Command-Line Format	--use-https

  Make the browser use a secure (HTTPS) connection with the server.