Administering Watson Discovery

You can perform administrative tasks for Watson Discovery, such as giving users access to the service, scaling the service, or backing up and restoring data. Ensure that you have the required permissions to complete tasks.

Service configuration

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Adding users to Watson Discovery on IBM Software Hub Instance administrator

Give users appropriate access and permissions to the Watson Discovery instance.

Database configuration

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Managing security for your Watson Discovery data stores Cluster administrator

Manage the access credentials for your MinIO, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, and etcd data stores.
Monitoring the PostgreSQL datastore for Watson Discovery Cluster administrator

Enable monitoring of the PostgreSQL datastore to receive updates on its usage and status.

Security

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Exporting IBM® Software Hub audit records to a security information and event management solution Not supported  

Resource management

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Manually scaling resources for services Instance administrator Adjust Watson Discovery by scaling resources to support high availability or to increase processing capacity. Resources can be scaled based on predefined resource configurations.
Automatically scaling resources for services Not supported  
Shutting down and restarting services Instance administrator Manually shut down Watson Discovery to prevent it from using resources. You can restart the service when you need to use it again.
Scaling Watson Discovery Instance administrator Change the configuration such as the number of replicas to use or the replica size by editing the YAML file that is associated with the deployment.

Backup and restore

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Backing up and restoring IBM Software Hub Cluster administrator Choose the correct method to back up and restore IBM Software Hub.
Backing up and restoring data Cluster administrator Perform an offline backup of the Watson Discovery deployment by using scripts provided by the service.