Configure Nodes With Rake Tasks

Rake tasks can be used to configure and manage IBM Aspera Shares users, groups, shares, and nodes from the command line. To run a rake task, first do the following:

Go to the shares folder:
```
# cd /opt/aspera/shares/u/shares/bin
```
Test that your rake tasks are working correctly.
```
./run rake -T
```

The following rake tasks cover how to create and delete a node.

Tip: Square brackets in usage statements denote optional arguments and need not be included when running the commands.

Create Node

Command	Usage
Syntax	rake data:node:create -- --name `name` --host `host` --api_username `api_username` --api_password `[--options value` `api_password` `[--options]`
Example	./run rake data:node:create -- --name local_node --host localhost --api_username node_user --api_password *********

Command

Usage

Syntax

rake data:node:create -- --name name --host host --api_username api_username --api_password [--options value
api_password [--options]

Example

./run rake data:node:create -- --name local_node --host localhost --api_username 
node_user --api_password *********

Note: You must create a node user and password to finish creating the new node. See the Setting up Node Users section in the Enterprise Server Administrator Guide for instructions on how to create a node user.

Delete Node

Command	Usage
Syntax	rake data:node:delete -- --name `name`
Example	./run rake data:node:delete -- --name local_node

Update Node

Command	Usage
Syntax	rake data:node:update -- --name `name` `[--options]`
Example	./run rake data:node:update -- --name local_node

Options

When running the create and update tasks above, you can add the following options to your command to edit their values:

Option	Default
--port `port`	9092
--ssl `true_or_false`	true
--verify_ssl `true_or_false`	false
--timeout `seconds`	30
--open_timeout `seconds`	10