Including New Instances as Cluster Nodes

The Instances page lists the instances and their associated IP addresses. You need the IP addresses when you run the install_vertica script.

If you are configuring EBS volumes, be sure to configure the volumes on the node before you add the node to your cluster.

To add the new instances as nodes to your existing cluster:

  1. Configure and launch your new instances.
  2. Connect to the instance that is assigned to the Elastic IP. See Connecting to an Instance if you need more information.
  3. Run the vertica installation script to add the new instances as nodes to your cluster. Specify the internal IP addresses for your instances and your *pem file name.

    sudo /opt/vertica/sbin/install_vertica --add-hosts <instance-ip>--dba-user-password-disabled --point-to-point --data-dir /vertica/data --ssh-identity ~/<name-of-pem>.pem