Deploy a Cluster through the API

Use the API to create a project.

Use the Ops Manager Administration API to send a projects document to create the new project.

curl --user "{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}" --digest \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--request POST "https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/api/public/v1.0/groups?pretty=true" \
--data '
  {
    "name": "{GROUP-NAME}",
    "orgId": "{ORG-ID}"
  }'

The API returns a document that includes the project's agentApiKey and id.

Record the values of agentApiKey and id in the returned document.

Record these values for use in this procedure and in other procedures in this tutorial.

Use the API to create a user in the new project.

Use the /users endpoint to add a user to the new project.

The body of the request should contain a users JSON document with the user's information.

Set the user's roles.roleName to GROUP_OWNER and the user's roles.groupId set to the new group's' id.

curl --user "{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}" --digest \
     --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --request POST "https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/api/public/v1.0/users?pretty=true" \
     --data '
       {
          "username": "<new_user@example.com>",
          "emailAddress": "<new_user@example.com>",
          "firstName": "<First>",
          "lastName": "<Last>",
          "password": "<password>",
          "roles": [{
            "groupId": "{PROJECT-ID}",
            "roleName": "GROUP_OWNER"
          }]
       }'

(Optional) If you used a global owner user to create the project, you can remove that user from the project.

The user you use to create the project is automatically added to the project. If you used a user with the Global Owner role, you can remove the user from the project without losing the ability to make changes to the project in the future. As long as you have the project's agentApiKey and id, you have full access to the project when logged in as the global owner.

GET the global owner's ID. Issue the following command to request the project's users:

curl --user "{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}" --digest \
     --request GET "https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/api/public/v1.0/groups/{PROJECT-ID}/users?pretty=true"

The API returns a JSON document that lists all the project's users. Locate the user with roles.roleName set to GLOBAL_OWNER. Copy the user's id value, and issue the following to remove the user from the project, replacing {USER-ID} with the user's id value:

curl --user "{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}" --digest \
     --request GET "https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/api/public/v1.0/groups/{PROJECT-ID}/users/{USER-ID}?pretty=true"

If Ops Manager removes the user successfully, the API returns the HTTP 200 OK status code.

Complete the MongoDB Agent installation procedure on each host.

To learn how to install the MongoDB Agent, follow the procedure for the appropriate platform.

Confirm the initial state of the automation configuration.

When the MongoDB Agent first runs, it downloads the mms-cluster-config-backup.json file, which describes the desired state of the automation configuration.

On one of the hosts, navigate to /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation/ and open mms-cluster-config-backup.json. Confirm that the file's version field is set to 1. Ops Manager automatically increments this field as changes occur.

Retrieve the automation configuration from Ops Manager.

1. Use the automationConfig resource to retrieve the configuration. Issue the following command, replacing the placeholders with the Variables for Cluster Creation API Resources.

   curl --user "{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}" --digest \
        --request GET "https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/api/public/v1.0/groups/{PROJECT-ID}/automationConfig?pretty=true" \
        --output currentAutomationConfig.json

2. Validate the downloaded Automation Configuration file.

   Compare the version field of the currentAutomationConfig.json with that of the Automation Configuration backup file, mms-cluster-config-backup.json. The version value is the last element in both JSON documents. You can find this file on any host running the MongoDB Agent at:

   • Linux and macOS: /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation/mms-cluster-config-backup.json

   • Windows: %SystemDrive%\MMSAutomation\versions\mms-cluster-config-backup.json

   If the version values match, you are working with the current version of the Automation Configuration file.

Create the top level of the new automation configuration.

Create a document with the following fields. As you build the configuration document, refer the description of an automation configuration for detailed explanations of the settings. For examples, see the MongoDB Labs page.

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{
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    "options": {
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        "downloadBase": "/var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation",
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    },
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    "mongoDbVersions": [],
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    "monitoringVersions": [],
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    "backupVersions": [],
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    "processes": [],
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    "replicaSets": [],
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    "sharding": []
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}

Add the Monitoring to the automation configuration.

In the monitoringVersions.hostname field, enter the hostname of the server where Ops Manager should install the Monitoring. Use the fully qualified domain name that running hostname -f on the server returns, as in the following:

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"monitoringVersions": [
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  {
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    "hostname": "<server_x.example.com>",
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    "logPath": "/var/log/mongodb-mms-automation/monitoring-agent.log",
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    "logRotate": {
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      "sizeThresholdMB": 1000,
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      "timeThresholdHrs": 24
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    }
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  }
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]

This configuration example also includes the logPath field, which specifies the log location, and logRotate, which specifies the log thresholds.

Add the servers to the automation configuration.

This sharded cluster has 10 MongoDB instances, as described in the Deploy a Cluster through the API, each running on its own server. Thus, the automation configuration's processes array will have 10 documents, one for each MongoDB instance.

The following example adds the first document to the processes array. Replace <process_name_1> with any name you choose, and replace <server1.example.com> with the FQDN of the host.

Add 9 documents: one for each MongoDB instance in your sharded cluster.

Specify the args2_6 syntax for the processes.<args> field. The processes.args2_6 object accepts most MongoDB settings and parameters for MongoDB versions 2.6 and later. To learn more, see MongoDB Settings and Automation Support.

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"processes": [
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  {
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    "version": "4.0.6",
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    "name": "<process_name_1>",
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    "hostname": "<server1.example.com>",
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    "logRotate": {
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      "sizeThresholdMB": 1000,
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      "timeThresholdHrs": 24
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    },
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    "authSchemaVersion": 5,
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    "featureCompatibilityVersion": "4.0",
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    "processType": "mongod",
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    "args2_6": {
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      "net": {
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        "port": 27017
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      },
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      "storage": {
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        "dbPath": "/data/"
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      },
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      "systemLog": {
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        "path": "/data/mongodb.log",
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        "destination": "file"
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      },
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      "replication": {
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        "replSetName": "rs1"
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      }
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    }
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  },
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]

Add the sharded cluster topology to the automation configuration.

Add two replica set documents to the replicaSets array. Add three members to each document.

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"replicaSets": [
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  {
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    "_id": "rs1",
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    "members": [
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      {
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        "_id": 0,
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        "host": "<process_name_1>",
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        "priority": 1,
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        "votes": 1,
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        "secondaryDelaySecs": 0,
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        "hidden": false,
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        "arbiterOnly": false
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      }
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    ],
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    "protocolVersion": 1
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  }
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]

In the sharding array, add the replica sets to the shards, and add the config server replica set name, as in the following:

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"sharding": [
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  {
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    "shards": [
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      {
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        "tags": [],
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        "_id": "shard1",
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        "rs": "rs1"
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      },
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      {
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        "tags": [],
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        "_id": "shard2",
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        "rs": "rs2"
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      }
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    ],
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    "name": "sharded_cluster_via_api",
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    "configServerReplica": "rs-config",
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    "collections": []
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  }
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]

Send the updated automation configuration.

Use the automationConfig resource to send the updated automation configuration.

Issue the following command with path to the updated configuration document and replace the placeholders with the Variables for Cluster Creation API Resources.

curl --user "{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}" --digest \
     --header "Content-Type: application/json"
     --request PUT "https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/api/public/v1.0/groups/{PROJECT-ID}/automationConfig?pretty=true" \
     --data @currentAutomationConfig.json

Upon successful update of the configuration, the API returns the HTTP 200 OK status code to indicate the request has succeeded.

Confirm successful update of the automation configuration.

Retrieve the automation configuration from Ops Manager and confirm it contains the changes. To retrieve the configuration, issue the following command, replacing the placeholders with the Variables for Cluster Creation API Resources.

curl --user "{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}" --digest \
     --request GET "https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/api/public/v1.0/groups/{PROJECT-ID}/automationConfig?pretty=true"

Verify that the configuration update is deployed.

Use the automationStatus resource to verify the configuration update is fully deployed. Issue the following command:

curl --user "{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}" --digest \
     --request GET "https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/api/public/v1.0/groups/{PROJECT-ID}/automationStatus?pretty=true"

The curl command returns a JSON object containing the processes array and the goalVersion key and value. The processes array contains a document for each server that hosts a MongoDB instance. The new configuration is successfully deployed when all lastGoalVersionAchieved fields in the processes array equal the value specified for goalVersion.

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{
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  "goalVersion": 2,
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  "processes": [{
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    "hostname": "server1.example.com",
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    "lastGoalVersionAchieved": 2,
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    "name": "ReplSet_0",
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    "plan": []
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  }, {
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    "hostname": "server2.example.com",
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    "lastGoalVersionAchieved": 2,
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    "name": "ReplSet_1",
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    "plan": []
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  }, {
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     "hostname": "server3.example.com",
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     "lastGoalVersionAchieved": 1,
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     "name": "ReplSet_2",
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     "plan":[]
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  }]
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}

To view the new configuration in the Ops Manager console, click Deployment.