Installing the Protector on Specific Nodes

The steps mentioned in this section are applicable only for the Static Installer approach to install the Big Data Protector.

Protegrity provides the BdpInstallx.x.x_Linux_<arch>_<BDP_version>.sh script to install the Big Data Protector on the new nodes that you add to an existing EMR cluster.

Ensure to install the Big Data Protector from an account having full sudoer privileges.

1. Log in to the Lead Node on the EMR cluster.

2. Navigate to the <PROTEGRITY_DIR>/cluster_utils directory.

3. In the NEW_HOSTS_FILE file, add an additional entry for each new node in the EMR cluster, on which you want to install the Big Data Protector. The new nodes from the NEW_HOSTS_FILE file will be appended to the CLUSTERLIST_FILE.

4. To install the Big Data Protector on the new nodes, run the the following command:

   ./BdpInstallx.x.x_Linux_<arch>_<BDP_version>.sh –a <NEW_HOSTS_FILE>
   

5. Press ENTER.

   The prompt to enter the path of the Private Key file (.pem file) appears.

6. Enter the path of the Private Key file.

7. Press ENTER.

   The script installs the Big Data Protector on the new nodes in the EMR cluster.