Course Description
In this hands-on course, you learn how to administer a MarkLogic database as you use virtual machines to create a cluster, monitor a cluster, create a database, load data with security permissions into the database, update database data, run search queries, serve data to applications, create indexes, use various security features, resize a database, back up a database, restore a database to a point in time, configure high availability, set up tiered storage, optimize performance, and perform an upgrade.
This course is for administrators who will be deploying and running MarkLogic server on-premise or on the cloud (e.g. AWS or Azure).
Attendees completing this course will learn how to:
- Create a MarkLogic cluster
- Access monitoring tools
- Create a database
- Create roles and users
- Load data
- Update data
- Search data
- Serve data to an application
- Automate project deployment using Gradle (ml-gradle)
- Create indexes
- Use security
- Resize a database
- Backup a database
- Restore a database
- Configure replication
- Set up tiered storage
- Optimize performance
- Perform an upgrade
- Work with support
Audience
Everyone
Duration
12 Hours
Prerequisites
- Fundamentals (Self-Paced or Instructor Led)
Course Outline
Understanding MarkLogic Administration
- Learn what a MarkLogic administrator does
Installing a MarkLogic Cluster
- Install MarkLogic
- Add a host to a cluster
- Programmatically add a host
- Define groups
Monitoring a Cluster
- Access the monitoring guide
- Use the Admin Interface
- Install and use Ops Director
- Use the monitoring dashboards
- Use the RESTful Management API
- Access log files
Creating a Database
- Create a database via the REST API
- Automate deployment of a database
Creating Roles and Users
- Explain roles
- Create roles
- Create users
- Create roles and users programmatically
Loading Data
- Know how data is stored and accessed
- Assign document permissions
- Understand MIME types
- Use CPF to convert a PDF file
Updating, Merging, and Transactions
- Update a document
- Use the REST API to update documents
- Update documents in bulk
- Know what happens on disk
- Use a multi-statement transaction
Searching Data
- Search documents
- Search triples
- Make SQL queries
- Use the Optic API
Providing Data to an Application
- Host an application
- Use application authentication
- Use a modules database
- Stand up an external application
- Implement a data service
- Deploy an application programmatically
Defining Indexes
- Specify indexes for a database
- Create a range index
- Create an index programmatically
- Size for indexes
Using Security
- Understand security
- Use encryption at REST
- Implement HTTPS/SSL
- Install a certificate
- Specify element-level security
- Redact data on export
- Create granular privileges
- Configure auditing
Resizing a Database
- Add a forest
- Retire a forest
- Remove a host
- Rejoin a host to a cluster
Backing Up a Database
- Do a backup
- Do an incremental backup
- Schedule a backup
- Restore a database
- Restore to a point in time
Providing High Availability
- Explain high availability
- Configure forest failover
- Script a forest replica
- Set up database replication
- Understand flexible replication
Configuring Tiered Storage
- Describe tiered storage
- Create range partitions
- Use query partitions
- Resize a partition
- Take a partition offline and online
Optimizing Performance
- Understand performance
- Check system resources
- Minimize the use of locks
- Improve sort performance
- Make an unfiltered search
- Optimize a query
- Optimize a bulk load
Upgrading MarkLogic
- Know the upgrade process
- Prepare to upgrade
- Do a rolling upgrade
- Finish an upgrade
Working with MarkLogic Support
- Understand MarkLogic Support
- Explore the Support site
- Activate telemetry
- Generate a dump file
- Generate a pstack movie
How to Enroll
On-Demand Option
Learn on your own time! Take the class as time permits through our self-paced portal.
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