Enabling the Telemetry Publisher Service

Activating the Telemetry Publisher service for Workload XM on-premises.

Describes how to enable the Telemetry Publisher service for Workload XM on-premises.
Verify that you have the following values before enabling the Telemetry Publisher service, as you will be required to supply their values during this task.
  • The Workload XM license key text.
  • The name of the node that contains the Workload XM Databus API Server role, by doing the following:
    1. In Cloudera Manager, select Hosts and then Roles.
    2. Search for the Workload XM Databus API Server role and record its host name. For example:
      Figure 1. Roles on the Workload XM On-Premises Cluster


  1. In a supported web browser on a Workload cluster, log in to Cloudera Manager.
  2. In Cloudera Manager, select Clusters, locate and select Cloudera Management Service, and then select the Configuration tab.
  3. Search for the Telemetry Publisher Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety Valve) for telemetrypublisher.conf property and in its text field enter the following using the Workload XM Database API Server host name that you recorded as a prerequisite for these steps:
    telemetry.upload.job.logs=true
    telemetry.altus.url=http|https://Databus_API_Server_hostname:Databus_API_Server_port_number
    Where,
    • If you have enabled TLS/SSL for the Databus API Server (ssl.enabled), enter https.
    • If you have not enabled TLS/SSL for the Databus API Server, enter http.
    • By default, the Databus API Server port number is 12022.
  4. Click Save.
  5. Back in the Cloudera Manager Home page, select Administration and then External Accounts.
  6. Click the Altus Credentials tab and then click Add Access Key Authentication.
  7. In the Add Access Key Authentication dialog box, do the following:
    1. In the Name field, enter an identifiable name for the access key.
    2. In the Altus Access Key ID field, enter your Workload XM license key text exactly as provided but without quotation marks and without trailing spaces.
    3. Click Choose File and then browse and select your WXM license private key file.
    4. Click Add. Your credentials are displayed in the Altus Credentials tab.
  8. Back in the Cloudera Manager Home page, select Clusters and then locate and select Cloudera Management Service.
  9. From the Actions menu, select Restart.
  10. In the Restart message, confirm restarting the Cloudera Management Service by clicking Restart.
  11. Monitor the restart progress until the Successfully restarted service message appears and then click Close.