Horizontal Scaling - Configuration
To build the following horizontal scaling topology...
Configure System A and System B
- Install WebSphere Edge components load balancer.
- Set the load balancer component according to the network topology.
- Configure a supported Web server.
- Configure the WAS Plug-in for the Web server.
Configure System C and System D
- Install WAS V7.0.
- Create an appserver profile using...
APP_ROOT/profileTemplates/managed profile
...and federate this profile to the dmgr on system E either during profile creation or by running the addNode command after the profile creation.
Alternatively we can create an appserver profile using...
APP_ROOT/profileTemplates/default
...and federate the node to the dmgr running on System E by using the addNode command.
Configure System E
- Install WAS V7.0.
- Create an appserver profile using the profile template...
APP_ROOT/profileTemplates/dmgr
...or use...
APP_ROOT/profileTemplates/management
...and specify -serverType as DEPLOYMENT_MANAGER.
- Create Web server definitions through the Integrated Solutions Console or through the wsadmin scripting interface.
- Create a WAS cluster using the Integrated Solutions Console or wsadmin with one cluster member on System C and one cluster member on System D.