How to reference external services in the morpheus.rb config file (AWS)

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As an alternative to using the embedded RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, and/or MySQL services when setting up a new HA appliance, it is possible to use the equivalent hosted service on a cloud vendor instead. See reference [1] at the bottom of this page for more details.

A sample working morpheus.rb file can be found below for a 3-node HA setup with Amazon MQ, Amazon Opensearch, and Amazon Aurora configured as external services:

appliance_url = 'https://ueqbal-test-appliance.io'

elasticsearch['enable'] = false
mysql['enable'] = false
rabbitmq['enable'] = false
nginx['enable'] = true
guacd['guacamole_enabled'] = true
firewall['enabled'] = false

elasticsearch['es_hosts'] = { 'opensearch-test.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com' => 443 }
elasticsearch['auth_user'] = '****************'
elasticsearch['use_tls'] = true
elasticsearch['auth_password'] = '**************'

mysql['host'] = { 'mysql://morpheus:password@mydatabasecluster.cluster-xyz123abc456.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:3306/morpheus' => 3306 }
mysql['morpheus_db_user'] = '************'
mysql['morpheus_password'] = '**********'
mysql['morpheus_db'] = 'morpheus'

rabbitmq['host'] = 'rabbit-test.mq.us-east-1.amazonaws.com'
rabbitmq['port'] = '5671'
rabbitmq['use_tls'] = true
rabbitmq['queue_user'] = '*************'
rabbitmq['queue_user_password'] = '*************'
rabbitmq['vhost'] = '/'

ui['max_memory_mb'] = '3584'

If you are interested in installing a new HA environment (or shifting towards one), I strongly recommend getting in touch with your account manager who can point you towards our experts on the Professional Services team for further guidance.

References / Useful links:

1. Supported PaaS Offerings
2. HA Installation Overview — Morpheus Docs documentation
3. 3 Node HA Install Example — Morpheus Docs documentation

Credit to gandharvas (gandharvas) · GitHub for his help on sharing a working config file!

As always, feel free to get in touch with support@morpheusdata.com if you have any questions or issues!