Organisational Jumphost

Steps for Admin to setup and add jumphost

Setup Jumphost
  • Admin after signing to roost website, must switch to Admin Page of his organisation .On the admin page, admin must switch to Jump Hosts tab.

  • To add a jumphost click on Add Jump host button , and admin must provide jumphost IP, Pem key of the jumphost and the kubeconfig files of the clusters that need’s to be accessed through jumphost.

  • The above video explains in detail how to setup a jumphost.

  • Requirement - 80,60001,60003,5000,5002,443,22, these ports must be open on the jumphost.

Steps for Admin to edit jumphost .

  • In the Jump Hosts tab admin can edit the details by clicking on Edit button against that particular jumphost.

  • Admin can add new config files.

Steps for User to add jumphost clusters

  • Click on the Menu Bar -- Cluster > Cluster Management.

  • Or you can use the Roost Quick Access Toolbar on right side to view Cluster Management

  • Click on Add New Cluster > Connect LightBeam Cluster.

  • Select the cluster that need to be added ,provide an Alias Name for the cluster, user can add credentials by clicking on the Auth Config, save the credentials once added and then click on create.

  • The above video explains in detail how to connect to a cluster accessible from jumphost.

Steps for User to edit jumphost credentials

  • If the credentials are expired or to update the credentials, user can update the credentials by switching to Cluster Management view and click on the cluster for which the credentials need to be updated.

  • Click on the Edit button on the top right corner update the credentials  and then save it.

  • The above video explains in detail how to update credentials .

 

Port Requirement in Jumphost

Users need to have some ports opened initially for successful communication of Roost-related processes with the Jumphost instance.

 

22 - ssh (by default) 60001 => roostapi 60002 => ec2launcher server 60003 => release server 60005 => video launcher 60006 => gotty server 62020-62120 => Gotty port for team clusters 6443 , 443 => System related