Pre-validation Check for Passwordless SSH Before You Install or Upgrade to the Latest Enterprise Data Catalog Version
Pre-validation Check for Passwordless SSH Before You Install or Upgrade to the Latest Enterprise Data Catalog Version
Effective from 10.5.9, before you install or upgrade to the latest version of Enterprise Data Catalog, run a pre-validation check for passwordless SSH prior to the MongoDB upgrade process.
If the Informatica Cluster Service gateway host is not included in the list of Mongo hosts, you must configure passwordless SSH on the primary Mongo host
$mongohost[0].
The configuration ensures secure, password-free communication between Mongo and the gateway hosts, and internally within the primary Mongo host.
Steps to Configure Passwordless SSH
Log in to the host. For example, to log in to
<hostname>.informatica.com
with a user credentials, use the following command:
ssh <username>@<hostname>.informatica.com
Check for the existing SSH keys. If there are none, generate one with the following command:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -N "" -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa
The command generates a new SSH with no passphrase.
Copy the SSH public key from the source host to target host: