Creating a Cluster Using MC - Process Flow

After you install and configure MC, you can use it to create a Vertica cluster on hosts where Vertica software is not installed. Complete the following tasks:

  1. Prepare the Hosts - Prepare each host that will become a node in the cluster.
  2. Create a Private Key File - MC needs password-less SSH to connect to hosts and install Vertica software. Create a private key to enable MC access to the hosts.
  3. Use the MC Cluster Installation Wizard - Use the wizard to install a Vertica cluster on hosts that do not have Vertica software already installed on them.
  4. Validate Hosts and Create the Cluster - Host validation is the process where the MC runs tests against each host in a proposed cluster. You must validate hosts before the MC can install Vertica on each host.

After you successfully create a cluster using MC, see Create a Database on a Cluster.