The gtctl how to open dashboard at startup

[leaf-potato]

Start with gtctl playground command, access the dashboard ok:

However, when I use this command gtctl cluster create dev --bare-metal --config config.yaml to create a local cluster, access the dashboard failed:

config.yaml:

cluster:
  name: dev
  artifact:
    local: "./target/debug/greptime"
  frontend:
    replicas: 1
    httpAddr: 0.0.0.0:4000
  datanode:
    replicas: 1
    rpcAddr: 0.0.0.0:14100
    mysqlAddr: 0.0.0.0:14200
    httpAddr: 0.0.0.0:14300
  meta:
    replicas: 1
    storeAddr: 127.0.0.1:2379
    serverAddr: 0.0.0.0:3002
    httpAddr: 0.0.0.0:14001

etcd:
  artifact:
    version: v3.5.7

Wondering if a separate configuration is needed or If this is a bug.

[zyy17]

For now, the dashboard is not turn on in the cluster mode. Maybe we can try to turn on.

[leaf-potato]

Thanks! The log output of gtctl can access the dashboard, but the actual access failure is very confusing.

The cluster(pid=573221, version=unknown) is running in bare-metal mode now...
To view dashboard by accessing: http://localhost:4000/dashboard/

It would be very convenient if there is a configuration to open the dashboard. It is expected that the log information of the dashboard address will be printed only when the dashboard is opened. Maybe it would be better to use ip instead of localhost for address information, for background please refer to issue GreptimeTeam/gtctl#211.

[zyy17]

Sorry for my mistake. We turn on the dashboard by default:

gtctl cluster create dev --bare-metal

However, if you use your own binary greptime, you have to build dashboard by setting FEATURES, for example:

FEATURES=servers/dashboard make build

[leaf-potato]

@zyy17 Thanks! Also, can I ask why dashboard is not a default feature?

[zyy17]

@zyy17 Thanks! Also, can I ask why dashboard is not a default feature?

Sounds reasonable. I think we can make it a default feature in servers. What do you think @MichaelScofield?