Access to the Cluster

After cluster deployment is completed, the Lightbits cluster can be accessed in several ways.

• Terminal access should be done via SSH to the IP address of the required instance in the cluster. See Getting the IP Addresses of the Cluster Nodes for additional information. The lbcli command interface can then be used to manage the Lightbits cluster (e.g., create volume).
• API access should be via the Private VIP or the DNS name of the internal Load Balancer (port 443).

1. • Go to the managed resource group of the cluster.
   • Select the private loadbalancer (lb-private).
   • Go to the frontend IP configuration. The loadbalancer VIP will be there. You can also get the private VIP using AZ CLI or PowerShell (the privateIPAddress field).

az network lb frontend-ip show --lb-name lbcluster-lb-private --resource-group demo-managed-rg --name lbcluster-lb-private-fe-conf

• The discovery-client service should be connected to all of the cluster’s nodes. See Configuring discovery-clients Service for additional information.
• The lbcli command interface can also be used from any client in the Vnet (or that has access to the internal IPs of the subnet), and should be via the VIP or the DNS name of the internal load balancer (port 443).