November 5, 2024

A new CLI command to get the list of supported instance types

Cloudera Operational Database adds a new CLI command, list-supported-instance-types, allowing you to list the supported instance types for a combination of cloud platform, scale type, and storage type. You can filter using the instance group and architecture as well.

The --custom-instance-types option in the create-database command allows you to pick and choose instance types for the Cloudera Operational Database. However, it is essential that these instance types are included in the Cloudera Operational Database allowlist. The list-supported-instance-types command is useful to fetch the list of supported instance types.

Following is an example of the command.

cdp opdb list-supported-instance-types --cloud-platform AZURE --storage-type CLOUD_WITH_EPHEMERAL --scale-type MICRO --instance-group WORKER --architecture X86_64

For more information, see CDP CLI documentation.

Enhancements to the update-database command

A new CLI option --switch-instance-type is added to the update-database command to switch the instance types to custom instance types for the Cloudera Operational Database clusters after the database creation. You must have the COD_USE_CUSTOM_INSTANCE_TYPES entitlement to use this option.

If you plan to scale up the cluster vertically or change the existing instance type to any custom instance type, you can use the --switch-instance-type option. However, the custom instance types must be included in the allowlist by the Cloudera Operational Database. Use the list-supported-instance-types command to fetch the list of supported instance types.

Following is an example of the usage.

cdp opdb update-database --environment-name <env_name> --database-name <database_name> --switch-instance-type instanceGroup=INSTANCEGROUP,instanceType=instancetype

For more information, see CDP CLI documentation.

Enhancements to the Cloudera Operational Database UI

The Cloudera Operational Database UI provides two new UI options Configure Database and Configure Edge Nodes to configure the worker and edge node properties in your existing operational database.

You can access these menu items using the Actions menu item inside the database details page.

For more information, see Configuring a database.