Add a Physical Data Center connector

You can connect Harness to the physical data centers (PDCs) where you will deploy your services.

PDCs are typically used in traditional deployments, including Secure Shell (SSH) and WinRM.

Add a Physical Data Center connector

YAML

Here's an example of a PDC connector YAML:

connector:
  name: PDC-Connector
  identifier: PDCConnector
  description: ""
  orgIdentifier: default
  projectIdentifier: CD_Docs
  type: Pdc
  spec:
    hosts:
      - hostname: ec2-54-111-26-183.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
      - hostname: ec2-54-222-142-249.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

API

Create the PDC connector using the Create a Connector API.

curl --location --request POST 'https://app.harness.io/gateway/ng/api/connectors?accountIdentifier=123456' \
--header 'Content-Type: text/yaml' \
--header 'x-api-key: pat.123456.123456' \
--data-raw 'connector:
  name: PDC-Connector
  identifier: PDCConnector
  description: ""
  orgIdentifier: default
  projectIdentifier: CD_Docs
  type: Pdc
  spec:
    hosts:
      - hostname: ec2-54-111-26-183.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
      - hostname: ec2-54-222-142-249.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com'

Harness Manager

1. In your project, org, or account, select Connectors, and then select New Connector.
2. Select Physical Data Center.
3. Enter a name for the connector and select Continue.
4. Enter the target hosts manually or by using a JSON file. Both options are described in detail below.
5. Select Continue.
6. Select the Harness Delegate(s) you want to use to perform the connection, and then select Save and Continue.

Manually enter hosts

To manually enter hosts in the connector, add each host's domain name or IP address on a new line.

JSON hosts file

Here's an example of a JSON hosts file:

[
    {
        "hostname": "ec2-54-87-11-191.compute-1.amazonaws.com:5986",
        "hostAttributes": {
            "type": "node",
            "region": "east",
            "name": "node1",
            "ip": "54.87.11.191"
        }
    },
    {
        "hostname": "ec2-3-83-219-167.compute-1.amazonaws.com:5986",
        "hostAttributes": {
            "type": "db",
            "region": "east",
            "name": "node2",
            "ip": "3.83.219.167"
        }
    }
]

JSON host file details:

• The hostname and hostAttributes properties are mandatory.
• The hostAttributes property can have as many key-value pairs as you need.
• When you select this PDC connector in an infrastructure definition, you can select Filter by host name or Filter by host attributes to select the host(s) for deployment.
  • Specify the host attributes as a comma-separated list of attribute:value (for example, region:west,type:node).