WAS6.1 cluster with multiple http servers

#1 09-08-2008, 09:18 AM

Hello,

I'm about to install WAS 6.1 ND in a cluster with 2 app servers, 2 ibm http servers and a load balancer up front. When I add the second http server to the cluster, is it just a matter of configuring the WAS plugin and adding it to the cluster via the WAS deployment manager or are there additional steps involved? The most complex cluster I could find in the installation guide was 1 http server with multiple apps, so I'm curious if there are any complexities I should be aware of setting up and deploying applications to such cluster?

Regards,
Laurent Blin

#2 09-08-2008, 11:02 AM

Just to be a bit more specific.. the topology is as follows

1 Alteon Load Balancer
2 IBM HTTP Web servers (on 2 distinct servers)
2 WAS 6.1 Application Server Nodes (on 2 distinct servers federated into 1 cell)
1 WAS 6.1 Deployment Manager profile on one of the app servers to manage the cluster.

#3 09-08-2008, 11:20 AM

lblin@csc.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm about to install WAS 6.1 ND in a cluster with 2 app servers, 2 ibm http servers and a load balancer up front. When I add the second http server to the cluster, is it just a matter of configuring the WAS plugin and adding it to the cluster via the WAS deployment manager or are there additional steps involved? The most complex cluster I could find in the installation guide was 1 http server with multiple apps, so I'm curious if there are any complexities I should be aware of setting up and deploying applications to such cluster?
>
> Regards,
> Laurent Blin
>
The plugin files between the two HTTP servers can be identical.

You'll obviously need to configure the load balancer for the two
destinations.

Ken

#4 09-09-2008, 11:41 AM

What you are thinking is correct, there is no complex design for this.

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