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Configuring ColdFusion Clusters


Adding Cluster Members

You can add servers to an existing cluster at any time. This section describes the following:

Adding cluster members in Windows

Use the ClusterCATS Explorer to add servers to a cluster. If you used the Cluster Setup Wizard (Windows only) to create a cluster and populate it with cluster members, you can also add clusters using the procedure below.

To add an additional cluster member to a cluster:

  1. Open the ClusterCATS Explorer and select a cluster.
  2. Select Cluster > New > Cluster Member. Alternatively, you can click the Add button or right mouse click the cluster icon and choose New > Cluster Member.

    The Add New Server to Cluster dialog box appears:

  3. In the Web Server Name field, enter the fully qualified host name of the Web server (for example, ckatz.allaire.com).
  4. If you are using the ClusterCATS dynamic IP addressing scheme AND you do not have the maintenance IP address bound to your NIC, select ClusterCATS Maintenance Support.

    If you are not configuring this Web server for offline maintenance support, go to step 6.


    Note

    You can only set the maintenance support option when creating a cluster or adding a cluster member to a cluster. You cannot configure or modify this option after you have created and added the cluster member to the cluster.

    Enabling maintenance support for clusters requires that you configure your cluster for ClusterCATS dynamic IP addressing. For more information, see "ClusterCATS Dynamic IP Addressing (Windows only)" .

  5. Enter the fully qualified host name of the maintenance address (for example, serv1.yourcompany.com) in the Maintenance Address field.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Repeat steps 2 through 6 to add additional servers to the cluster manually.

Adding cluster members in UNIX

Use the ClusterCATS Web Explorer to add cluster members.

To add a cluster member to a cluster:

  1. Open the ClusterCATS Web Explorer if it is not already open.
  2. Click the Add Server link.

    The Add Server page appears:

  3. Enter the fully qualified host name (for example, doc.allaire.com) in the Web Server Name field.
  4. Click OK to add the cluster member to the existing cluster.
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