Problem installing a parcel on a brand new cluster

[#1]

We have installed manager successfully however when we go to deploy a parcel (for Kafka) we get an install failure message (sorry I don't have access to the exact message text).  We believe it has something to do with account permissions, something about password-less root logins required on the nodes.  We can't find clear guidance in the installation documents concerning what types of accounts and priveleges are required on the manager and the nodes.  If anyone can clarify this we'd appreciate it!

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Parcel deployment on an existing cluster does not rely on SSH logins. Only installation of new agent hosts do, during which a form is presented to pass these credentials.

The way we deploy parcels in CM is by having the CM server download it locally to its configured parcel repo disk, and then this file is sent to the agents via the HTTP service that CM runs (agents are instructed to download it from the CM server, which now acts as the repo). The entire procedure relies simply on connected agents, and involves no extra login requirements.

It would be helpful if you can share a snippet of the message seen or explain your workflow more (especially if the failure you observe is consistent).

[#3]

We are also seeing same issue but we have 3 agents and a CM. I could see all the agents in the CM as connected but its not working when trying to install via Parcels. I have created local parcel directory and files in that directory but its still grayed out in the CM to proceed further. Can you suggest if something is missing or in the parcel. Thanks in advance!

[#4]

Thanks, we resolved this issue.