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This documentation covers ClusterControl version 2.1.0 which was released on June 24th, 2024. This release contains key new features along with performance improvements and bug fixes. The release changelog is available here (you can also subscribe to the changelog RSS feed here to stay up-to-date).

ClusterControl is an agentless management and automation software for database clusters. It helps deploy, monitor, manage, and scale your database server/cluster directly from the ClusterControl user interface.

ClusterControl consists of a number of components:

Component Package Name Role
ClusterControl Controller (cmon) clustercontrol-controller The brain of ClusterControl. A backend service performing automation, management, monitoring, and scheduling tasks. All the collected data will be stored directly inside the CMON database.
ClusterControl GUI v2 clustercontrol2 A web-based graphical user interface (GUI) to visualize and manage the clusters provisioned by ClusterControl. It interacts with the CMON controller via remote procedure calls (RPC). This next-generation web application supersedes ClusterControl GUI v1.
ClusterControl GUI v1 clustercontrol The first generation of web-based graphical user interface (GUI) to visualize and manage the clusters provisioned by ClusterControl. It interacts with the CMON controller via remote procedure calls (RPC). As of v1.9.7, this is considered a feature-freeze product with no future development.
ClusterControl SSH clustercontrol-ssh Optional module for web SSH console via WebSocket. It only works with Apache 2.4+.
ClusterControl Notifications clustercontrol-notifications Optional module for integration to third-party messaging, notification, and incident management services.
ClusterControl Cloud clustercontrol-cloud Optional module for integration with cloud providers.
ClusterControl Cloud File Manager clustercontrol-clud Optional module to interact with storage objects on the cloud, with dependency on clustercontrol-cloud package.
ClusterControl Multi-Controller clustercontrol-mcc An optional package introduced in ClusterControl 2.0.0 providing a centralized management of multiple ClusterControl Controller instances, also known as ClusterControl Operations Center.
ClusterControl Proxy clustercontrol-proxy An optional package introduced in ClusterControl 2.0.0 providing a controller proxying service for ClusterControl Operations Center.
ClusterControl CLI s9s-tools A command-line interface (CLI) to manage and monitor clusters provisioned by ClusterControl. It interacts with the CMON controller via remote procedure calls (RPC).

To learn more about ClusterControl and its components, see Components.

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