Install WarehousePG Enterprise Manager (WEM) manually by following the steps on each page in this section, or automate the process with the provided Ansible playbooks.
The installation process consists of the following steps:
- Verify the prerequisites.
- Install the observability stack — Prometheus, Loki, and Alertmanager. Skip this step if you already have these services running.
- Install WHPG Collector on your WarehousePG (WHPG) cluster.
- Install and configure WEM on your dedicated host.
- Install the host agent to enable privileged operations such as HBA editing.
If you're upgrading an existing installation, see Upgrading.
Prerequisites
Understand the prerequisites before installing the WarehousePG Observability components.
Installing the observability stack
Install and configure Prometheus and Loki as the external observability services required by WEM.
Installing Collector
Learn how to install the WarehousePG Enterprise Manager Collector on your WarehousePG cluster.
Installing WEM
Learn how to install the WarehousePG Enterprise Manager service.
Installing the host agent
Install and configure the acp-host-agent service to enable privileged operations on the WarehousePG coordinator host.
Upgrading
Learn how to upgrade WEM Collector and WEM to a new version.