Administration

Dgraph administration covers the operational tasks needed to manage, monitor, and maintain your Dgraph cluster.

Core Administration Tasks

Dgraph Administration - Main administrative operations including data export, cluster shutdown, database deletion, and upgrade procedures. Also covers basic security configuration like IP whitelisting and authentication tokens.

Dgraph Alpha API Reference - Alpha node HTTP and GraphQL endpoints for health monitoring, cluster management, and basic operations.

Dgraph Zero API Reference - Zero node configuration, cluster coordination, and administrative endpoints for managing cluster membership and data distribution.

Security & Access Control

Security Configuration - TLS configuration, port usage, and network security settings.

For enterprise security features including Access Control Lists (ACL), audit logging, and encryption at rest, see Enterprise Features.

Monitoring & Observability

Observability - Monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana, metrics collection, distributed tracing, and log format documentation.

Troubleshooting - Common issues, OOM handling, file descriptor limits, and cluster setup verification.

Configuration

Data Compression - Configure disk compression algorithms (Snappy, Zstandard) for Alpha data storage.