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Tungsten Dashboard 8.0 Manual

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Abstract

This manual documents Tungsten Dashboard, a simple graphical user interface allowing you to manage all of your Tungsten Clusters in one single place.

This manual includes information for 8.0, up to and including 8.0.1.

Build date: 2025-07-15 (6f7c913d)

Up to date builds of this document: Tungsten Dashboard 8.0 Manual (Online), Tungsten Dashboard 8.0 Manual (PDF)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Prerequisites

2.1. Common Prerequisites

2.2. Prerequisites for a Docker Compose Deployment

2.2.1. Docker
2.2.2. docker-compose

2.3. Prerequisites for a Kubernetes Deployment

2.3.1. kubectl
2.3.2. helm
2.3.3. Kubernetes Cluster
2.3.4. Upload tungsten-dashboard to Container Registry

3. Installation

3.1. Downloading Installation Packages

3.2. Installing via docker-compose

3.2.1. Pre-Installation Steps
3.2.2. Install Steps for docker-compose
3.2.3. Uninstall

3.3. Installing via Kubernetes using helm

3.3.1. Uninstall

4. Updates & Upgrades

4.1. Updating an existing installation
4.2. Upgrading to new Tungsten Dashboard version

5. User Guide

5.1. The Front Page
5.2. Create your own user account
5.3. Add Clusters
5.4. Monitor Clusters

6. User Interface

6.1. Front Page Interface
6.2. Clusters Interface
6.3. User Management Interface

7. Command Line Tools

7.1. install.pl script
7.2. getcert.pl script
7.3. letsencrypt2jetty.pl script

8. Establishing Connectivity to Tungsten Clusters

8.1. Configuring SSL when Deploying with Kubernetes

8.1.1. Basic SSL Connection To REST API only
8.1.2. SSL with Self-Signed Certificates

9. Operations

9.1. Service Operations
9.2. Cluster Datasource and Replicator operations
9.3. Tungsten Dashboard Exclusive operations

10. Best Practices

11. Troubleshooting

11.1. Lost Password

11.2. 404 After Test Connection Succeeds

11.3. Troubleshooting problem installations and cleaning up

11.4. DASHBOARD_SECRET

11.4.1. Lost DASHBOARD_SECRET

11.5. Connecting to Docker

A. Dashboard Internals

A.1. Dashboard Base URL

A.2. Environment Variables

A.3. The values.yaml file

A.3.1. Application Configuration
A.3.2. Cluster Configuration
A.3.3. User Configuration

B. Release Notes

B.1. Tungsten Dashboard 8.0.1 GA (14 Jul 2025)
B.2. Tungsten Dashboard 8.0.0 GA (28 Apr 2025)

List of Figures

5.1. Dashboard Front Page Overview
5.2. Add User Form
5.3. Cluster Front Page - Add Cluster
5.4. Add Cluster Form
6.1. Front Page Interface
6.2. Populated Cluster Front Page
6.3. Cluster Tool Bar
6.4. Cluster Header Detail
6.5. Parent Service Actions/Operations
6.6. Edit Cluster Form
6.7. Cluster Host Table (CAA)
6.8. Primary Host Operations
6.9. Replica Host Operations
6.10. User Management Page
6.11. Add User Form
9.1. Service Policy Dropdown
9.2. Cluster Lock Dropdown
9.3. Composite Service Operations
9.4. Service Operartions
9.5. Primary Host Operations
9.6. Replica Host Operations
9.7. Blocked Cluster
9.8. Cluster Edit Form

List of Tables

7.1. install.pl Options
7.2. getcert.pl Options
7.3. letsencrypt2jetty.pl Options
A.1. Environment Variables
A.2. Environment Settings
A.3. Start-Up Settings
A.4. Webserver Settings
A.5. Cluster Connection Settings
A.6. Cluster Settings
A.7. User Settings

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Tungsten Dashboard 8.0 Manual

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