Ken Woods | Bright Cluster Manager Knowledge Base

Which ports need to be opened between the head node and the edge director in a Bright Edge setup?
- May 18, 2021
- Ken Woods
Description Protocol/Port Purpose / Remarks SSH tcp/22 SSH access to the edge director. CMDaemon tcp/8081 CMD communication between head node and edge director, and to access BrightView. Rsync tcp/873udp/873 Source ports are random. Used if RSYNCDAEMON is set as provisioning transport. Syslog udp/514 Edge director to head node. OpenVPN tcp/1194udp/1194…
How to Copy Bright Cluster configurations between two clusters
- September 1, 2020
- Ken Woods
Following this method, configurations can be copied between Bright clusters with the same major version (tested on Bright 9.0 with latest updates applied) Method 1: Using JSON exporter Export configuration in JSON format from the current existing cluster # service cmd stop# cmd -x json:/tmp/cmd Copy the exported directory to…
How to Clone a Bright Head Node
- Ken Woods
These steps are tested on Bright 9.0 with CentOS 7 PXE Boot the new head node from the current head node in RESCUE mode After the node boots successfully, we will run “cm-clone-install” script to start cloning the head node Case 1: the new head node will have the same…
How do I upgrade to Bright 9.0?
- July 8, 2020
- Ken Woods
The upgrade procedure was originally published in parallel with Bright 9.0-6. This is now available. Please take the time to completely read the following document before proceeding with the upgrade. https://support.brightcomputing.com/upgrade-manuals/9.0/upgrade-manual.pdf As always, please feel free to reach out to the support staff if you need assistance.