Configure and Deploy overview

This page introduces the Configure and Deploy section, which covers installing, tuning, securing, and upgrading a KX Sensors deployment for your environment.

Once your schemas and ingestion pipelines are defined, this section shows you how to bring KX Sensors up in your environment and tune it for your workload — from service class layout and system parameters through high availability, data retention, security, networking, and upgrades.

Each section below lists its main pages. To see every page in a section, use the navigation.

Install

Set up the core building blocks of a deployment.

• Configure service classes in manifest.yaml — define service classes per node
• Add a node — add a node to your cluster

Fine tuning configuration

Tune the system for your workload.

• System parameters systemParams.yaml
• Configure your environment variables
• Set up query processing

High availability

Run across multiple nodes with automatic failover.

• Overview — topology options, failover, and failback
• Set up your system parameters

Data retention

Manage compression, storage, and the data lifecycle.

• Compression
• Row-level retention
• HDB files
• Recover your data

Security

Authenticate users, encrypt data, and validate readings.

• User authentication
• Encryption
• In-transit TLS encryption

Network/Hardware

Configure networking and hardware prerequisites.

• HAProxy
• Network requirements
• OS settings
• Disk requirements layouts

Upgrade

Move to a new version safely.

• Before you begin
• Overview of dynamic upgrades
• Dynamic upgrades using the KX Sensors CLI
• Perform an offline upgrade

Where to next

• Architecture — understand the system you are deploying
• Develop — customize schemas, APIs, and ingestion
• Operate — run and monitor a live deployment