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Administration: Add Host

Adds a host to an existing cluster.

NOTE: This endpoint should be used for on-premise deployments only.

Input Parameter Description

NameTypeDescription
host_addressstringIP address of the host that will be added to the cluster. This host must have installed the same version of Kinetica as the cluster to which it is being added.
optionsmap of string to strings

Optional parameters. The default value is an empty map ( {} ).

Supported Parameters (keys)Parameter Description
dry_run

If set to true, only validation checks will be performed. No host is added. The default value is false. The supported values are:

  • true
  • false
accepts_failover

If set to true, the host will accept processes (ranks, graph server, etc.) in the event of a failover on another node in the cluster. The default value is false. The supported values are:

  • true
  • false
public_addressThe publicly-accessible IP address for the host being added, typically specified for clients using multi-head operations. This setting is required if any other host(s) in the cluster specify a public address.
host_manager_public_urlThe publicly-accessible full path URL to the host manager on the host being added, e.g., 'http://172.123.45.67:9300'. The default host manager port can be found in the list of ports used by Kinetica.
ram_limitThe desired RAM limit for the host being added, i.e. the sum of RAM usage for all processes on the host will not be able to exceed this value. Supported units: K (thousand), KB (kilobytes), M (million), MB (megabytes), G (billion), GB (gigabytes); if no unit is provided, the value is assumed to be in bytes. For example, if ram_limit is set to 10M, the resulting RAM limit is 10 million bytes. Set ram_limit to -1 to have no RAM limit.
gpusComma-delimited list of GPU indices (starting at 1) that are eligible for running worker processes. If left blank, all GPUs on the host being added will be eligible.

Output Parameter Description

NameTypeDescription
added_hoststringIdentifier for the newly added host, of the format 'hostN' where N is the integer identifier of that host. Note that the host identifier is transient, i.e. it may change in the future if other hosts are removed.
infomap of string to stringsAdditional information.