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- User Management: How do I authenticate against Kerberos? Answer: How do I authenticate against Kerberos? How do I authenticate agains Kerberos? For Red Hat based system such as RHEL, CentOS or Scientific Linux: Rather than modifying files ...
- Installing BCM: What is a product key? Answer: What is a product key? A product key is used to unlock a license. When you get a Bright Cluster Manager DVD, there is a license included ...
- Installing BCM: How can I add a custom module during installation of BCM? Answer: It is possible to add custom kernel modules during the head node installation. Adding custom modules can lead to possible instability issues, so it is ...
- Installing BCM: Can I install from a USB flash drive? Answer: Yes. If you mount the Bright Cluster Manager Installation DVD or ISO that you downloaded, you will find a README.BRIGHTUSB file in the top directory that ...
- Installing BCM: How can I mass-produce Bright head node installations using PXE? Answer: An already-installed (or primary) Bright head node can be used to create a head node PXE image. Machines that are booted using PXE, from the ...
- General: What do the version numbers mean? Answer: A major Bright Cluster Manager release has a major number associated with it. For example: 5 (same as 5.0), or 6 (same as 6.0). A minor ...
- Installing BCM: How do I put a custom disk layout in the head node installer? Answer: How do I put a custom disk layout in the head node installer? The head node installer stages are described in the chapter Installing Bright Cluster ...
- Installing BCM: How do I run Bright under MS Windows Server Hyper-V (Windows Server 2008/R2)? Answer: How do I run Bright under MS Windows Server Hyper-V (Windows Server 2008/R2)? This article walks you through an install of Bright under Microsoft Hyper-V (Windows ...
- Installing BCM: How do I install Bright on Xen Cloud Platform? Answer: How do I install Bright on Xen Cloud Platform? Assuming that you have installed Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) 1.6. XCP can be managed via the CLI or ...
- Day-to-day Administration: Can I mix Linux distributions on my cluster? Answer: Can the Bright Cluster Manager (BCM) be used to manage a mix of Linux distributions within the same cluster?Yes. Introduction With BCM, multiple, different images can be ...
- Software Management: How do I add a Bright ISO as a YUM repository? Answer: How do I add a Bright ISO as a YUM repository? or How do I update my cluster from a new Bright ISO that I just downloaded? Outline If ...
- Third Party Software: How can I login to cmgui with a one-time password? Answer: How can I authenticate to cmgui with a one-time password? Introduction: One time password (OTP) authentication overcomes replay attacks. It allows an administrator to login to a ...
- Installing BCM: How do I install Bright on Virtual Box? Answer: How do I install Bright on Virtual Box? Prerequisite: In order to use PXE booting, the VirtualBox Extension Pack should be installed. Create a Virtual Machine (VM) for ...
- Installing BCM: How do I install Bright under VMWare ESXi 5.x? Answer: How do I install Bright under VMWare ESXi 5.x? You can follow this guide: Upload the Bright ISO image into the datastore Host ESXi network configuration Create a virtual ...
- Installing BCM: How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion? Answer: How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion? You can follow this guide: Create a virtual machine for the head node Install a Bright 7.0 head node Install a ...
- Installing BCM: How do I run Bright under MS Windows Server Hyper-V (Windows Server 2012R2)? Answer: How do I run Bright under MS Windows Server Hyper-V (Windows Server 2012R2)? This article walks you through an install of Bright under Microsoft Hyper-V (Windows ...
- OpenStack: How do I set up Cluster as a Service (CaaS) on Bright OpenStack 7.2? Answer: Cluster as a Service on Bright OpenStack 7.2 [The following notes explain setting up a clusters as a service in Bright Cluster Manager. This ...
- OpenStack: How do I set up Cluster as a Service (CaaS) on Bright OpenStack 7.1? Answer: Cluster as a Service on Bright OpenStack 7.1 [The following notes explain setting up a clusters as a service in Bright Cluster Manager. This means that ...
- Installing BCM: How do I install Bright Cluster Manager on an SGI ICE X/XA system? Answer: Installing Bright on an SGI ICE X/XA system involves first installing the "Admin" node using a Bright Cluster Manager ISO. The ISO could be burned to a ...
- Installing BCM: Adding Bright to an existing system doesn't work! What now? Answer: Adding Bright to an existing system doesn't work! What now? The manual does discourage using the add-on method. If the prerequisites listed in the manual are ...
- General: How do I create a RHEL or Bright repository for my organization? Answer: In ceratin cases, the Bright cluster is not able to access the internet directly or having a local repository withing the companies intranet is beneficial ...
- Installing BCM: How do I install Bright under VMWare Workstation? Answer: How do I install Bright under VMWare Workstation? You can follow this guide: Create a virtual machine for the head node 1. Switch to “Home” tab and click ...
- General: How do I upgrade to Bright 8.1? Answer: How do I upgrade from Bright 6.0/6.1/7.0/7.1/7.2/7.3/8.0 to Bright 8.1? The procedure below can be used to upgrade a Bright 6.0 or 6.1 or 7.0 or ...
- High Availability: How do I set up high-availability NFS with Bright? Answer: How do I set up high-availability NFS with Bright? Setting up an HA NFS storage This article describes how to setup a high availability NFS storage service ...
- Node Provisioning: How can Windows Server 2008 R2 be provisioned to a node with Bright? Answer: How can Windows Server 2008 R2 be provisioned to a node, using Bright? This guide walks through configuring Bright Cluster Manager 7.1/RHEL7 to deploy Windows Server ...
- General: How do I upgrade to Bright 8.0 ? Answer: How do I upgrade from Bright 6.0/6.1/7.0/7.1/7.2/7.3 to Bright 8.0? The procedure below can be used to upgrade a Bright 6.0 or 6.1 or 7.0 or ...
- Installing BCM: How do I install my head node using a PXE server? Answer: In certain situations it may be desirable to install a Bright head node by booting it off of a PXE server. There are a few ...
- General: How do I upgrade to Bright 8.2? Answer: How do I upgrade to Bright 8.2? Upgrades to Bright 8.2 are now supported for the following Linux distributions and Bright versions. Supported Linux distributions and Bright ...