Enable the Node Map

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The Node Map is useful for:

  • Visualizing the geographic configuration of a multi-region cluster on a world map.
  • Viewing real-time cluster metrics.
  • Drilling down to individual nodes for monitoring health and performance.

This page walks you through the process of setting up and enabling the Node Map.

Note:

On a secure cluster, this area of the Admin UI can only be accessed by an admin user. See Admin UI access.

Note:

This is an enterprise-only feature. Request a 30-day trial license to try it out.

CockroachDB Admin UI

Set up and enable the Node Map

To enable the Node Map, you need to start the cluster with the correct --locality flags and assign the latitude and longitude for each locality.

Note:

The Node Map will not be displayed until all nodes are started with the correct --locality flags and all localities are assigned the corresponding latitude and longitude.

Consider a four-node geo-distributed cluster with the following configuration:

Node Region Datacenter
Node1 us-east-1 us-east-1a
Node2 us-east-1 us-east-1b
Node3 us-west-1 us-west-1a
Node4 eu-west-1 eu-west-1a

Step 1. Start the nodes with the correct --locality flags

To start a new cluster with the correct --locality flags:

Start Node 1:

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$ cockroach start \
--insecure \
--locality=region=us-east-1,datacenter=us-east-1a  \
--advertise-addr=<node1 address> \
--cache=.25 \
--max-sql-memory=.25 \
--join=<node1 address>,<node2 address>,<node3 address>,<node4 address>

Start Node 2:

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$ cockroach start \
--insecure \
--locality=region=us-east-1,datacenter=us-east-1b \
--advertise-addr=<node2 address> \
--cache=.25 \
--max-sql-memory=.25 \
--join=<node1 address>,<node2 address>,<node3 address>,<node4 address>

Start Node 3:

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$ cockroach start \
--insecure \
--locality=region=us-west-1,datacenter=us-west-1a \
--advertise-addr=<node3 address> \
--cache=.25 \
--max-sql-memory=.25 \
--join=<node1 address>,<node2 address>,<node3 address>,<node4 address>

Start Node 4:

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$ cockroach start \
--insecure \
--locality=region=eu-west-1,datacenter=eu-west-1a \
--advertise-addr=<node4 address> \
--cache=.25 \
--max-sql-memory=.25 \
--join=<node1 address>,<node2 address>,<node3 address>,<node4 address>

Use the cockroach init command to perform a one-time initialization of the cluster:

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$ cockroach init --insecure --host=<address of any node>

Access the Admin UI. The following page is displayed:

CockroachDB Admin UI

Step 2. Set the enterprise license and refresh the Admin UI

The Node Map should now be displaying the highest-level localities you defined:

CockroachDB Admin UI

Note:

To be displayed on the world map, localities must be assigned a corresponding latitude and longitude.

Step 3. Set the latitudes and longitudes for the localities

Launch the built-in SQL client:

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$ cockroach sql --insecure --host=<address of any node>

Insert the approximate latitude and longitude of each region into the system.locations table:

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> INSERT INTO system.locations VALUES
  ('region', 'us-east-1', 37.478397, -76.453077),
  ('region', 'us-west-1', 38.837522, -120.895824),
  ('region', 'eu-west-1', 53.142367, -7.692054);

For the latitudes and longitudes of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud regions, see Location Coordinates for Reference.

Step 4. Refresh the Node Map

Refresh the Admin UI to see the updated Node Map:

CockroachDB Admin UI

Step 5. Navigate the Node Map

Let's say you want to navigate to Node 2, which is in datacenter us-east-1a in the us-east-1 region:

  1. Click on the map component marked as region=us-east-1 on the Node Map. The locality component for the datacenter is displayed.

    CockroachDB Admin UI

  2. Click on the datacenter component marked as datacenter=us-east-1a. The individual node components are displayed.

    CockroachDB Admin UI

  3. To navigate back to the cluster view, either click on Cluster in the breadcrumb trail at the top of the Node Map, or click Up to REGION=US-EAST-1 and then click Up to CLUSTER in the lower left-hand side of the Node Map.

Troubleshoot the Node Map

Node Map not displayed

The Node Map requires an enterprise license.

All nodes in the cluster must be assigned localities. To be displayed on the world map, localities must be assigned a corresponding latitude and longitude.

To verify both of the above, navigate to the Localities debug page (https://<address of any node>:8080/#/reports/localities) in the Admin UI.

CockroachDB Admin UI

The Localities debug page displays the following:

  • Localities configuration that you set up while starting the nodes with the --locality flags.
  • Nodes corresponding to each locality.
  • Latitude and longitude coordinates for each locality/node.

World Map not displayed for all locality levels

The world map is displayed only when localities are assigned latitude/longitude coordinates.

If a locality (e.g., region) is not assigned latitude/longitude coordinates, it is displayed using the latitude/longitude of any lower-level localities it contains (e.g., datacenter). If no coordinates are available, localities are plotted in a circular layout.

Known limitations

Unable to assign latitude/longitude coordinates to localities

You cannot assign latitude/longitude coordinates to localities if the components of your localities have the same name. For example, consider the following partial configuration:

Node Region Datacenter
Node1 us-east datacenter-1
Node2 us-west datacenter-1

In this case, if you try to set the latitude/longitude coordinates to the datacenter level of the localities, you will get the "primary key exists" error and the Node Map will not be displayed. You can, however, set the latitude/longitude coordinates to the region components of the localities, and the Node Map will be displayed.

Displayed Used Capacity value is more than configured Capacity

If you are testing your deployment locally with multiple CockroachDB nodes running on a single machine (this is not recommended in production), you must explicitly set the store size per node in order to display the correct capacity. Otherwise, the machine's actual disk capacity will be counted as a separate store for each node, thus inflating the computed capacity.

Location coordinates

AWS locations

Location SQL Statement
US East (N. Virginia) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'us-east-1', 37.478397, -76.453077)
US East (Ohio) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'us-east-2', 40.417287, -76.453077)
US West (N. California) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'us-west-1', 38.837522, -120.895824)
US West (Oregon) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'us-west-2', 43.804133, -120.554201)
Canada (Central) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'ca-central-1', 56.130366, -106.346771)
EU (Frankfurt) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'eu-central-1', 50.110922, 8.682127)
EU (Ireland) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'eu-west-1', 53.142367, -7.692054)
EU (London) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'eu-west-2', 51.507351, -0.127758)
EU (Paris) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'eu-west-3', 48.856614, 2.352222)
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'ap-northeast-1', 35.689487, 139.691706)
Asia Pacific (Seoul) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'ap-northeast-2', 37.566535, 126.977969)
Asia Pacific (Osaka-Local) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'ap-northeast-3', 34.693738, 135.502165)
Asia Pacific (Singapore) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'ap-southeast-1', 1.352083, 103.819836)
Asia Pacific (Sydney) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'ap-southeast-2', -33.86882, 151.209296)
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'ap-south-1', 19.075984, 72.877656)
South America (São Paulo) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'sa-east-1', -23.55052, -46.633309)

Azure locations

Location SQL Statement
eastasia (East Asia) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'eastasia', 22.267, 114.188)
southeastasia (Southeast Asia) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'southeastasia', 1.283, 103.833)
centralus (Central US) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'centralus', 41.5908, -93.6208)
eastus (East US) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'eastus', 37.3719, -79.8164)
eastus2 (East US 2) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'eastus2', 36.6681, -78.3889)
westus (West US) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'westus', 37.783, -122.417)
northcentralus (North Central US) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'northcentralus', 41.8819, -87.6278)
southcentralus (South Central US) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'southcentralus', 29.4167, -98.5)
northeurope (North Europe) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'northeurope', 53.3478, -6.2597)
westeurope (West Europe) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'westeurope', 52.3667, 4.9)
japanwest (Japan West) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'japanwest', 34.6939, 135.5022)
japaneast (Japan East) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'japaneast', 35.68, 139.77)
brazilsouth (Brazil South) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'brazilsouth', -23.55, -46.633)
australiaeast (Australia East) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'australiaeast', -33.86, 151.2094)
australiasoutheast (Australia Southeast) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'australiasoutheast', -37.8136, 144.9631)
southindia (South India) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'southindia', 12.9822, 80.1636)
centralindia (Central India) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'centralindia', 18.5822, 73.9197)
westindia (West India) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'westindia', 19.088, 72.868)
canadacentral (Canada Central) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'canadacentral', 43.653, -79.383)
canadaeast (Canada East) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'canadaeast', 46.817, -71.217)
uksouth (UK South) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'uksouth', 50.941, -0.799)
ukwest (UK West) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'ukwest', 53.427, -3.084)
westcentralus (West Central US) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'westcentralus', 40.890, -110.234)
westus2 (West US 2) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'westus2', 47.233, -119.852)
koreacentral (Korea Central) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'koreacentral', 37.5665, 126.9780)
koreasouth (Korea South) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'koreasouth', 35.1796, 129.0756)
francecentral (France Central) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'francecentral', 46.3772, 2.3730)
francesouth (France South) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'francesouth', 43.8345, 2.1972)

Google Cloud locations

Location SQL Statement
us-east1 (South Carolina) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'us-east1', 33.836082, -81.163727)
us-east4 (N. Virginia) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'us-east4', 37.478397, -76.453077)
us-central1 (Iowa) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'us-central1', 42.032974, -93.581543)
us-west1 (Oregon) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'us-west1', 43.804133, -120.554201)
northamerica-northeast1 (Montreal) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'northamerica-northeast1', 56.130366, -106.346771)
europe-west1 (Belgium) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'europe-west1', 50.44816, 3.81886)
europe-west2 (London) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'europe-west2', 51.507351, -0.127758)
europe-west3 (Frankfurt) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'europe-west3', 50.110922, 8.682127)
europe-west4 (Netherlands) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'europe-west4', 53.4386, 6.8355)
europe-west6 (Zürich) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'europe-west6', 47.3769, 8.5417)
asia-east1 (Taiwan) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'asia-east1', 24.0717, 120.5624)
asia-northeast1 (Tokyo) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'asia-northeast1', 35.689487, 139.691706)
asia-southeast1 (Singapore) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'asia-southeast1', 1.352083, 103.819836)
australia-southeast1 (Sydney) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'australia-southeast1', -33.86882, 151.209296)
asia-south1 (Mumbai) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'asia-south1', 19.075984, 72.877656)
southamerica-east1 (São Paulo) INSERT into system.locations VALUES ('region', 'southamerica-east1', -23.55052, -46.633309)

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