List of administrative tasks

This topic lists top-level administrator tasks for Studio, the Dgraph, the Dgraph HDFS Agent and the Dgraph Gateway.

Section	Tasks
Overview of Big Data Discovery Administration	Learning about available administrative tools and logs used in Big Data Discovery, as well as learning about which files need to be backed up. Also, viewing the diagram of the Big Data Discovery cluster, learning about the cluster behavior, such as routing or requests, handling of data updates, and maintaining high availability.
Administering Big Data Discovery	Using the `bdd-admin` script for administering the product — starting, stopping and restarting the components, and checking the status of Big Data Discovery services.
Administering the Dgraph, the Dgraph HDFS Agent, and the Dgraph Gateway	Learning about the Dgraph, its memory consumption, the Dgraph internal cache, and a way to limit the Dgraph memory consumption for expensive queries. Learning about the index merge policy for the Dgraph, and the Dgraph statistics page. Starting and stopping the Dgraph Gateway in the WebLogic Server Administration Console. Running the Dgraph administrative operations with the `bdd-admin` script. Using flags for the Dgraph and for the Dgraph HDFS Agent. Administering the Dgraph with `endeca-cmd` (known in this release as the Dgraph Gateway Command Utility).
Administering Studio	Configuring framework settings. Configuring Hadoop settings for file upload. Managing data sources, and viewing summary reports of project usage. Configuring the locale and email notifications. Managing projects in the Control Panel.
Controlling User Access to Studio	Configuring user-related settings in Studio. Creating and managing users in Studio. Integrating with an LDAP system to manage users. Setting up Single Sign-On (SSO).
Administering Big Data Discovery using Enterprise Manager Plug-in (Enterprise Manager Cloud Control)	Tasks for the Big Data Discovery targets (Cluster, Studio, Dgraph). Running various Dgraph administrative operations, such as viewing the Dgraph statistics, or saving the Dgraph Tracing Utility data.
Logging	Logging options in the `bdd-admin` script. Logging options for Big Data Discovery targets in the Enterprise Manager plug-in. Studio logs, their format and types, and customization options. Dgraph Gateway logs, their format, log levels, and customization options. Dgraph request log and stdout/sterr log.