A few things we have noticed recently when it comes to Galera
Manager support requests, that we feel we should address in
this blog post.
First and foremost, it is a requirement that you install Galera
Manager on a clean host. This means you install
the base operating system and nothing else: no Nginx, no Apache,
no InfluxDB, etc. The Galera Manager installer (gm-installer)
will pull all the requisite packages, set SELinux to permissive
during the install, etc. The next release of the gm-installer
aims to be less fragile when it comes to this, and will
aggressively handle installs on machines that already have
software installed on it.
The other common issue is the inability to access ports,
generally blocked by a firewall (gm-installer should have fixed
this as long as setup is going properly), or some other reason.
What gm-installer cannot fix …
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