Administration: Cluster and Cluster Group Management

Author: Anna Dowling

• In the Noc Portal, we have the concept of clusters and cluster groups. Explanations of these domain objects are available in the section: Object model: the basics
• In order to manage these domains in the application, an admin view exists. This contains the controller page for all of the main domain objects associated with the Noc Portal.
• In order to navigate to the admin view, the logged in user must have the role Administrator associated with their account. Once they have this role, they will see the link called manage account displayed on the main noc portal view:

• Once the user clicks this link they will be taken to the following view:

• In the list displayed there is a link to the Cluster Management view and the Cluster Group Management view as demonstrated.

• In order to create a new cluster click the link to Cluster Management. The following screen will display:

• Click New Cluster. The following view will display:

• Fill out all of the required fields:
• The Name will be the name assigned to the cluster
• Id In Snmp Manager represents the actual id of the cluster in the SnmpManager,this should be unique per snmpConfig.
• Outage Info represents the Information on the current outage for this cluster.
• Outage Update Time represents the last updated time on the current outage info.
• Radius represents the search area (surrounding circle on the map) of this cluster
• Cc Email Recipients - email addresses to be copied on all emails for this cluster.
• Email Recipients - email addresses to be sent all emails for this cluster.
• Files - Files uploaded in this cluster.
• Neutral Host Cluster - Boolean to determine whether the cluster should implement neutral host functionality or not.
• Snmp Config - The associated snmp configuration, i.e. database connection for the snmp_manager.

• Once all relevant fields have been filled out, click create to save this entry to the database.

• In order to create a new cluster group click the link to Cluster Group Management. The following screen will display:

• Click New ClusterGroup. The following view will display:

• Fill out all of the required fields:
• Name represents the name of the cluster group being created.
• Cluster Group Type represents the enum for determining the type of group. This can be one of the following:
  • REGIONAL - Has multiple clusters for a specific region.
  • CARRIER - Has multiple clusters for ONE carrier.
  • SALES - This used for creating on-the-fly ClusterGroups by the end-users (Sales). These groups may be made up of multiple combinations of clusters across multiple carriers if needed.
• Snmp Config - The associated snmp configuration, i.e. database connection for the snmp_manager.

• Once all relevant fields have been filled out, click create to save this entry to the database.

VERY IMPORTANT

In order for a user to view a cluster in the noc portal the cluster must be added to their account via admin options> users

Follow the steps outlined above to create a cluster and cluster group in the errigal qa environment for the Noc Portal.