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Created on Mar 11, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

SQLDI Install Enhancements

The SQLDI install process needs to be enhanced to cater for separation of duty responsibilities, and it must not make assumptions about the config it is being installed in to.

The following enhancements are required:

1. The install currently checks the IP address using ping (check_ip_address)
In our installation all tasks must have their own IP address. Therefore the address being used for SQLDI will not be pingable until SQLDI has been installed and one of the tasks are up and running. You cannot assume SQLDI is using an address where something else is already running and can be pinged. This check needs to be removed.

2. In our installation the user that undertakes the install can not be the same user that we run the SQLDI/Spark started tasks under. The tasks run as started tasks, and we are not able to log on using that user. The security checks (ie Keyring check - check_keyring_info) needs to therefore be separated out so it can be run using a user that would have access to the keyring. The user running the install script would not generally be permitted access to the runtime users keyring.

3. We must run the tasks as started tasks. However the install script tries to start Spark. This then fails as the install user undertaking the install does not have the authority.
 

 

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