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Edge Host Grid View

When a new Edge host registers with Palette, or when you manually add an Edge host to your Palette account, the Edge host will show up in the Edge Hosts page as well as when you try to create a new Edge cluster. The Edge hosts will appear in a grid view, with each Edge host being a row and each attribute of the Edge host in a column. You can search, filter, and order your Edge hosts by attributes, as well as pin certain columns to customize your view.

The grid view is accessible from the following locations:

  • In the Edge Hosts tab when you click Clusters from the Main Menu.
  • During Edge cluster creation when you are required to select Edge hosts to assign to the cluster.
  • After an Edge cluster has been created, when you try to add new Edge hosts to an existing cluster.
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When you access the grid view during cluster creation or expansion, only Edge hosts that are assigned to the host cluster will show in the grid view. For example, if you are adding an Edge host to an active cluster in a project, only Edge hosts in that project that are paired with Palette and are ready to be assigned to workloads will be displayed. Edge hosts that are in-use by another cluster or are unpaired will not show up.

The customizations you make to the grid view are applied only to the specific location where you access the grid view. For example, if you customize the grid view in the Edge Hosts tab, the same customizations will not be displayed in the grid view when you try to create an Edge cluster.

Edge Host Attributes​

The following table lists all the attribute columns that are available in the Edge grid view. All of the attributes are visible by default. Depending on your display settings, you might need to scroll horizontally to view all columns. When you pin a column, it will always be visible.

AttributeDescriptionSupport Order By
Machine IDThe Unique Identifier (UID) of your Edge host. You can set this attribute with the prefix and the name parameter to set this attribute for your Edge host during installation. Refer to Installer Reference for more information.Yes
StatusThe status of your Edge host. It has three possible values: Ready means the Edge host is ready to be assigned to a workload; In-Use means the Edge host is already part of an active cluster; Unpaired means the Edge host has not been paired with Palette.Yes
HealthThe health status of your Edge host. Once paired, an Edge host communicates its health status periodically with Palette. Possible values are Healthy, Unhealthy, and a grey icon for unpaired Edge hosts.Yes
TagsTags for your Edge hosts. Each tag is a key-value pair. You can use tags to help organize your Edge hosts and filter them by tags and their values.No
ClusterThe cluster that the Edge host belongs to.Yes
CPUThe number of cores that the CPU of the Edge host has.Yes
MemoryThe amount of RAM that an Edge host has.Yes
OSThe operating system of the Edge host. If it is already part of a cluster, this column will show the tag of the provider image used to form the cluster.Yes
IP AddressThe IP address of the Edge host.No
MAC AddressThe MAC address of the Edge host.No
ArchitectureThe architecture of the Edge host's processor. Possible values are AMD64 and ARM64.No

Organize Edge Host Grid View​

You can customize and organize the grid view of your Edge hosts in a number of ways. You can reorder the columns, hide certain columns, pin a column, filter Edge hosts by attribute, and order the Edge hosts alphanumerically by a column.

Prerequisites​

  • At least one Edge host in your current scope in Palette. For more information about scope, refer to Palette RBAC.

Procedure​

  1. Log in to Palette.

  2. From the left Main Menu, click Clusters.

  3. At the top of the Clusters page, click the Edge Hosts tab. This will take you to the grid view of your Edge hosts. You can also get this view from creating a new Edge cluster, or adding an Edge host to an existing cluster. For more information, refer to Create Cluster Definition.

  4. The following table lists the actions you can take to customize the grid view.

    ActionDescription
    Reorder ColumnsClick on the gear icon at the top right corner of the grid. In the list of scrollable columns, drag and drop the six dots icon to the left of each list item to reorder the columns.
    Remove Column From ViewClick on the gear icon at the top right corner of the grid. In the list of scrollable columns, uncheck the columns you want to hide from view.
    Pin a ColumnClick on the gear icon at the top right corner of the grid. In the list of scrollable columns, click on the pin icon to the right of the list item you want to pin.
    Filter Edge Hosts by AttributeAt the top of the grid, click on Tags, Status, and Architecture depending on the attribute you want to filter by, and then choose the value you want to filter by.
    Order by a ColumnClick on the label row of the column you want to order by alphanumeric order. You can click it again to change the sort order. You can only sort by one column at a time.

A screenshot of the Edge host grid view complete with arrows pointing to the elements referred to by the preceding table

Validate​

After customizing the grid view, the modified view will be reflected immediately. Confirm that the modified view is consistent with the customization you made.