RC: RDI In the Cloud #1066
RC: RDI In the Cloud #1066
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Co-authored-by: andy-stark-redis <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: andy-stark-redis <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: David Dougherty <[email protected]>
RDI in the Cloud: Add steps to set up AWS PrivateLink
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this is great! Now sure if during private preview we should publish it online but more for internal use (staging or similar) |
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@yaronp68 It's on staging, so that's what I've been giving people. I won't be merging this PR until we get to a public preview or something similar. |
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Just for visibility - this is the Cloud Public Preview initiative - https://redislabs.atlassian.net/issues/RED-147332?filter=13199 Once it's released, we can merge this PR. |
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@cmilesb Can we also create a FAQ page for the RDI Cloud somewhere? Maybe as as subsection? The first question that we can add is: |
| - **Load balancer IP address type**: Select **IPv4**. | ||
| 1. In **Network mapping**, select the VPC and availability zone associated with your source database. | ||
| 1. In **Security groups**, select the security group associated with your source database. | ||
| 1. In **Listeners and routing**: |
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Here things start to diverge based on whether the source DB is in an EC2 instance or an RDS/Aurora.
If it's EC2, follow the written instructions.
However if it's a RDS/Aurora then the user must use RDS Proxy to ensure a stable production environment in the case of a failover. Reasoning: The Network Load Balancer target group cannot be set up to point to an Instance of an RDS database like it does for an EC2 instance. So instead, we must use a different type of Target group - "IP addresses" instead of "Instances". Then the target group will be pointing at the static IPs of the RDS Proxy service.
@cmilesb will you be able to describe this difference here or perhaps in a previous/next section?
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@ZdravkoDonev-redis Could you point me to a list of steps specifically for RDS/Aurora? I don't mind writing a different section for those steps, I just need to make sure they're the right ones.
| - **Protocol : Port**: Select **TCP**, and then enter the port number where your database is exposed. | ||
| - The **IP address type** and **VPC** should be selected already and match the VPC you selected earlier. | ||
| 1. In **Register targets**, select the EC2 instance that runs your source database, enter the port, and select **Include as pending below**. Then, select **Create target group** to create your target group. Return **Listeners and routing** in the Network Load Balancer setup. | ||
| 1. Set the following **Listener** properties: |
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Interestingly, my NLB listener is TCP and the port of the source DB.
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When I wrote this, I was following the steps here, which specifically says to use port 80. If the user chooses a different port, does that change anything else?
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| See the [RDI architecture overview]({{< relref "/integrate/redis-data-integration/architecture#overview" >}}) for more information about CDC. | ||
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| ## Set up connectivity |
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@cmilesb Perhaps we can create/add a diagram explaining the high-level setup.
https://app.excalidraw.com/s/9b8I3h1MT42/gk9jybn9HI
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Let me see if I can re-create these diagrams using the Technical diagram assets from Marketing.
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Also, I think these diagrams would be more useful on the top-level page.
Replaces #570.
All new major changes to these docs should be approved and merged into the preview-rc-rdi branch via their own pull requests.
@yaronp68 FYI
Main staging links:
https://redis.io/docs/staging/preview-rc-rdi/operate/rc/databases/rdi/
https://redis.io/docs/staging/preview-rc-rdi/operate/rc/databases/rdi/define
https://redis.io/docs/staging/preview-rc-rdi/operate/rc/databases/rdi/setup
https://redis.io/docs/staging/preview-rc-rdi/operate/rc/databases/rdi/view-edit