Add a server

Before you deploy OceanBase Cloud Platform (OCP), you must add a server to the system.

Procedure

1. Log on to OceanBase Admin Toolkit (OAT).

   OAT access URL: http://oat_server_ip:7000.

   On the logon page that appears, use the admin account to log on to OAT.

   Note

   Contact OceanBase Technical Support to obtain the default password of the admin account. To ensure account security, change the password upon the first logon.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Server > Server Management.

3. In the upper-right corner of the page, click Add Server.

4. In the Add Server dialog box that appears, enter the server information.

   You must set the following fields in the Basic Information and Initialize Configuration sections for the server.

   Fields in the Basic Information section:

   Field	Description
   Server IP	The public IP address of the server to be added.
   SSH Port	The SSH port number of the server to be added.
   Data Center	The IDC where the server to be added is located.
   Credentials	The access credentials of the server to be added. At present, two types of credentials are supported: (1) username + password (2) key.

   Fields in the Initialize Configuration section:

   Note

   If you do not configure Initialize Configuration, the server may fail to deploy various services associated with OceanBase Database. We recommend that you disable Initialize Configuration only in component or product takeover scenarios.

   Field	Description
   Initialize Configuration	You do not need to configure Initialize Configuration when the server is used for product or component takeover.
   Server Usage	The purpose of the server to be added.
   Docker Root Directory	The data directory of Docker.
   Admin UID:GID	The UID and GID of the admin user of the operating system.
   Set Admin Password (Optional)	You can set a password for the admin user or use a random password.
   Clock Synchronization	Specifies whether to enable clock synchronization.

5. Click OK.

   After the server is added, you can view it in the server list.

More information

After the server is added, you can view it in the server list. The server is in the Initializing state. On the Server Management page, find the server added and click View Tasks in the Operation column to view the task progress. At the top of the page, you can search for servers by IP address.

If a failed subtask does not affect services, you can view the logs and then manually set the subtask to successful.