Completing the installation

After finishing the setup process, do the following:
  1. Navigate to the watsonx.data Control section on the IBM watsonx.data developer edition Installer page.
  2. Expand the After set up section.
Accessing the user interface
  1. Run the command in Step 1 to initialize access.
  2. Open the URL provided in Step 2 to launch the watsonx.data home page in your browser.
    The watsonx.data home page includes the following sections:
    • Infrastructure Manager - Interface for defining and associating engines, catalogs, and storage.
    • Data Manager - Interface for ingesting, previewing, and managing data.
    • Query Workspace - SQL editor for writing, running, and saving queries.
    • Pods and Containers - Kubernetes-based deployment units that run the platform services.
      Note: You can use the Presto engine with both Hive and Iceberg catalogs for seamless data querying.
      Click Infrastructure Manager to view the components that are configured by default.
Managing watsonx.data developer edition environment
Use the following features to streamline the system and efficiently utilize resources without rerunning the installer.
  • Start watsonx.data: Start the essential components required to run watsonx.data.
  • Stop watsonx.data: Stops the background services and the virtual machine powering watsonx.data. Free up CPU, memory, and system resources when you are not actively working in the environment.
  • Start KIND Cluster: Restart the watsonx.data environment after a system reboot. .
  • Stop KIND Cluster: Stops the watsonx.data environment by stopping the internal Kubernetes cluster. Use this option to reduce resource usage.
Exposing MinIO and MDS (Optional)
Follow the on-screen instructions to enable MinIO and MDS. For information about exposing MinIO, see Accessing the MinIO service and for information about exposing MDS, see Exposing Metadata Service ports.
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