Launch Utility Options

Use the Vertica launch utility to assign a name to a scheduler instance.

Option Description
--enable-ssltrue|false (Optional) Enables SSL authentication

between Kafka, Vertica, and the Kafka Scheduler. For more information, refer to Using SSL with Kafka.

--ssl-ca-alias The user-defined alias of the root certifying authority you are using to authenticate communication between Vertica and Kafka. This parameter is used only when SSL is enabled.
--ssl-key-alias The user-defined alias of the key/certificate pair you are using to authenticate communication between Vertica and Kafka. This parameter is used only when SSL is enabled.
--ssl-key-password The password used to create your SSL key. This parameter is used only when SSL is enabled.

--instance-name name

(Optional) Allows you to name the process running the scheduler. You can use this command when viewing the scheduler_history table, to find which instance is currently running.

Examples

This example shows how you can name the following scheduler instance. Specify the name as PrimaryScheduler:

/opt/vertica/packages/kafka/bin/vkconfig launch --instance-name PrimaryScheduler

This example shows how you can launch an instance named SecureScheduler with SSL enabled:

/opt/vertica/packages/kafka/bin/vkconfig launch --instance-name SecureScheduler --enable-SSL true
--ssl-ca-alias authenticcert --ssl-key-alias ourkey --ssl-key-password secret