SharePlex 11.1 - Installation and Setup Guide

Solve database connection problems for PostgreSQL

Did you verify the credentials?

If SharePlex cannot connect to a source or target database, you can view the login credentials that are being used for that database by using the connection command with the show option. For example:

sp_ctrl> connection r.mydb show

You can also view connection settings in the connections.yaml file, which is stored in the data sub-directory of the SharePlex variable-data directory. If there are no settings in this file, it means that the SharePlex database setup procedure was not performed on this database.

To view the correct database setup procedure for the database, see SharePlex Reference GuideSharePlex Utilities

You can use the connection command to update connection properties. For more information, see the SharePlex Reference Guide.

Did you assign a DBA role to the SharePlex PostgreSQL user?

The SharePlex PostgreSQL user requires a DBA role with unlimited privileges. The SharePlex user is created with the default PostgreSQL profile under the assumption that the profile has the unlimited resource privileges assigned by PostgreSQL as the default. If SharePlex is unable to interact with PostgreSQL, check to see if the default was changed. If so, assign SharePlex a DBA role with unlimited privileges for all definitions.

Assign SharePlex users to security groups

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Overview

The SharePlex security groups provide access control to the SharePlex command and control system. Without proper configuration of these groups, anyone with permissions on the system can use the commands that view, configure, and control data replication.

Overview of SharePlex security groups

About the SharePlex Security Groups

To monitor, control, or change SharePlex replication, a person must be assigned to one of the SharePlex security groups on the systems where he or she will be issuing commands. Each group corresponds to an authorization level, which determines which SharePlex commands a person can issue. To execute a command, a user must have that command’s authorization level or higher. Use the authlevel command to determine your authorization level for issuing SharePlex commands on a system.

Description of the SharePlex security groups

Refer to the following table to determine the group and authorization level that you want to grant each SharePlex user.

User Authorization Levels and Roles

Note: The default name for the SharePlex administrator group is spadmin, but you can designate any group or specify any name for that group during installation.

Create and populate SharePlex groups on Unix and Linux

Create and Populate SharePlex Groups on Unix and Linux

Where and when to create the SharePlex groups on Unix and Linux depends on whether you install SharePlex as a root or non-root user.

• If you install as non-root, create the groups in the /etc/group file before you run the SharePlex installer. In a cluster, create them on all nodes.*
• If you install SharePlex as a root user, you can direct the installer to create the groups in the /etc/group file. If you install in a cluster, the installer creates the groups on the primary node, but you must create them yourself on the other nodes.

* The groups must exist because the installer adds the SharePlex Administrator user to the spadmin group during the installation process. In a cluster, this user is only added to the primary node. You must add the SharePlex Administrator user to the other nodes.

To create the groups in /etc/group :

To assign a user to a group:

1. Open the /etc/group file.

2. Add the Unix or Linux user name to the appropriate group. To assign a list of user names to a group, use a comma-separated list (see the following example).

   spadmin:*:102:spadmin,root,jim,jane,joyce,jerry

   If the password field is null, no password is associated with the group. In the example, the asterisk (*) represents the password, “102” represents the numerical group ID, and spadmin is the group. The group ID must be unique.

3. Save the file.

Users can verify their authorization levels by issuing the authlevel command in sp_ctrl.