setup_cluster

Issues a bootstrap request to a specified Rubrik cluster

def setup_cluster(cluster_name, admin_email, admin_password, management_gateway, management_subnet_mask, node_config=None, enable_encryption=True, dns_search_domains=None, dns_nameservers=None, ntp_servers=None, wait_for_completion=True, timeout=30)

Useage

Physical Cluster or Virtual Appliance

By default, an un-bootstrapped Rubrik Cluster will respond to multicast DNS (mDNS) queries directed to [node_serial_number].local. It is important that mDNS resolution is working properly on system the SDK is called from if you wish to supply [node_serial_number].local to the bootstrap() function as the node_ip value.

Note: When bootstrapping a cluster, Bootstrap() is used instead of Connect() to establish the connection to the cluster.

mDNS resolution is not well supported on Windows, but it can be accomplished by installing the Apple Bonjour service, included with iTunes or Bonjour Print Services. mDNS is better supported on Linux and macOS, but you should verify working name resolution before using this function. If mDNS name resolution is not working on Linux, you can determine the link-local IPv6 address of the un-bootstrapped node(s) with the command avahi-resolve --name [node_serial_number].local or by using the python-zeroconf library. The link-local IPv6 address can then be passed to the Bootstrap() function instead of the mDNS name.

Cloud cluster

Cloud Cluster instances have an IPv4 address dynamically assigned by the cloud provider, so there is no need to use mDNS for bootstrapping. Once the instances are deployed, gather the assigned IPs from the cloud provider console and use them in a similar manner to the example below.

Troubleshooting

Enable logging by passing enable_logging=True to the bootstrap function. Example:

bootstrap = rubrik_cdm.Bootstrap(node_ip, enable_logging=True)

mDNS name resolution can be verified on systemd-based Linux systems using the command systemd-resolve --status. The resulting command should display MulticastDNS setting: resolve or MulticastDNS setting: yes. Additional information can be found at the links below.

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-resolved

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-networkd

Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Choices
cluster_name	str	Unique name to assign to the Rubrik cluster.
admin_email	str	The Rubrik cluster sends messages for the admin account to this email address.
admin_password	str	Password for the admin account.
management_gateway	str	IP address assigned to the management network gateway
management_subnet_mask	str	Subnet mask assigned to the management network.

Keyword Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Choices	Default
node_config	dict	The Node IPs formatted as a dictionary.		None
enable_encryption	bool	Enable software data encryption at rest. When bootstraping a Cloud Cluster this value needs to be False.		True
dns_search_domains	str	The search domain that the DNS Service will use to resolve hostnames that are not fully qualified.		None
dns_nameservers	list	IPv4 addresses of DNS servers.		[8.8.8.8]
ntp_servers	list	FQDN or IPv4 address of a network time protocol (NTP) server.		[pool.ntp.org]
wait_for_completion	bool	Flag to determine if the function should wait for the bootstrap process to complete.		True
timeout	int	The number of seconds to wait to establish a connection the Rubrik cluster before returning a timeout error.		30

Returns

Type	Return Value
dict	The response returned by POST /internal/cluster/me/bootstrap.

Examples

Physical Cluster or Virtual Appliance

import rubrik_cdm

node_ip = 'VRVW4217DB4E3.local'
# Alternatively:
# node_ip = 'fe80::250:56ff:fe97:31cf'
bootstrap = rubrik_cdm.Bootstrap(node_ip)

node_config = {}
node_config['1'] = '192.168.0.10
node_config['2'] = '192.168.0.11'
node_config['3'] = '192.168.0.12'
node_config['4'] = '192.168.0.13'

cluster_name = 'Python-SDK'
admin_email = '[e-mail]'
admin_password = 'A c0mpl3x p@ssw0rd!'
management_gateway = '192.168.0.1'
management_subnet_mask = '255.255.255.0'

enable_encryption = False

setup_cluster = bootstrap.setup_cluster(cluster_name, admin_email, admin_password, management_gateway,
                                        management_subnet_mask, node_config, enable_encryption)

print(setup_cluster)

Cloud Cluster

import rubrik_cdm

node_ip = '172.22.7.23'
bootstrap = rubrik_cdm.Bootstrap(node_ip)

node_config = {}
node_config['1'] = node_ip
node_config['2'] = '172.22.18.241'
node_config['3'] = '172.22.9.68'
node_config['4'] = '172.22.12.154'

cluster_name = 'Python-SDK'
admin_email = '[e-mail]'
admin_password = 'A c0mpl3x p@ssw0rd!'
management_gateway = '172.22.0.1'
management_subnet_mask = '255.255.240.0'

enable_encryption = False

setup_cluster = bootstrap.setup_cluster(cluster_name, admin_email, admin_password, management_gateway,
                                        management_subnet_mask, node_config, enable_encryption)

print(setup_cluster)