Create an additional cluster node | HCL Digital Experience

Use the Configuration Wizard to add nodes to a cluster. This procedure is intended only as a reference. Follow your generated instructions from the wizard to create an additional cluster node.

Configuration Wizard

The option to add a cluster node is the last step in the Set Up a Cluster cluster configuration.

Creating an additional cluster node

After you answer questions and provide information about your environment, the wizard generates a custom configuration procedure. The following set of steps represents all possible configuration steps. The instructions that you generate might include or exclude specific steps based on your wizard selections.

About this task

After you create a static or dynamic cluster, you can create an additional horizontal cluster node to handle failover requests. When creating an additional horizontal cluster node on another server, run the Configuration Wizard from that server.

Procedure

  1. Manual Step: Install portal binary files on the server where you plan to add a node to your cluster.
    Condition
    None
    ConfigEngine task
    None
  2. Manual Step: Install profile templates.
    Condition
    None
    ConfigEngine task
    None
  3. Manual Step: Copy the database drivers from the primary node to the additional node.
    Condition
    None
    ConfigEngine task
    None
  4. Manual Step: Verify that the portal node and deployment manager system clocks are within 5 minutes of each other.
    Condition
    Remote deployment manager
    ConfigEngine task
    None
  5. Create the profile for the secondary portal node.
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    none
  6. Federate the node. This node then becomes a managed node in the deployment manager cell.
    Condition
    none
    ConfigEngine task
    add-node
  7. Configure the dynamic cluster node. Add a nodegroup and add nodes to the nodegroup.
    Condition
    Dynamic cluster
    ConfigEngine task
    dynamic-cluster-create-nodegroup
    dynamic-cluster-add-node-to-nodegroup
  8. Add a secondary node to the cluster.
    Condition
    Static cluster
    ConfigEngine task
    cluster-node-config-cluster-setup-additional
  9. Add a secondary node to the cluster.
    Condition
    Dynamic cluster
    ConfigEngine task
    dynamic-cluster-setup-additional
  10. Start the portal server.
    Condition
    None
    ConfigEngine task
    start-portal-server