With the Dashboard

Deployment#

Automatic Deployment#

When you start Oakestra using the standard installation scripts (as described in the Create your first Oakestra Orchestrator section), the dashboard is automatically deployed along with the other Oakestra components.

You don’t need to perform any additional steps to deploy the dashboard.

Manual Deployment#

If you need to deploy the dashboard manually (e.g., for custom configurations or when using override files to exclude the dashboard), please refer to the Dashboard Manual Deployment guide.

Accessing the Dashboard#

Once Oakestra is running, you can access the dashboard at:

http://<IP_OF_CLUSTER_ORCHESTRATOR>

Replace <IP_OF_CLUSTER_ORCHESTRATOR> with the IP address of the machine hosting your Cluster Orchestrator.

Default Credentials#

Upon launching the system for the first time, an administrative user is automatically created. This user can create and manage other users and organizations within the system, more on User Management later.

Organization Login#

To log in to an organization check the Organization login box and enter the organization name. If the box is not checked or the organization name is left empty, then you will logged in to the default root organization.

Here you can see the login to the sampleOrga organization.

Applications, Services, Namespaces#

In Oakestra there are applications, services and namespaces. One Application can encompass multiple services and one user can create multiple applications on one system. Namespaces allow you to create applications and services by the same name in different namespaces, e.g. production and development.

Creating an Application#

First you will have to create an application. Choose a concise name, the namespace and optionally a description.

Creating a Service#

In the previous section we discussed registering deployment descriptors via the API. This is great for automated deployments, but the SLAs were not designed with human readability in mind. While the dashboard still allows you to upload SLAs as a JSON file, it also provides you with an interactive form.

Once you have created an application you can create services. Once again you will have to choose a concise name, a namespace and optionally a description. However this is far from it; system requirements, environmental variables, connection details and much more can be specified here.

You will have to choose a virtualization method (Container or Unikernel) and tell Oakestra where it can find your code. Hit save and your service is ready for deployment!

Service Details#

Once a service has been created and deployed, you can check on it’s status and other details. Choose a service from the Service List and from the drop-down menu, choose an instance and click on View Instance Details.