Viewer Server Cluster

The Viewer Server Cluster contains the Viewer servers which provides the ability to view the latest published version of a document.

General:

WAS Version and Operating System fields help provide information to IBM® support or those helping with the deployment to ensure the supported WebSphere® server and proper version are being used. The Install Directory (Viewer) is where the Viewer server will be installed on the Viewer node. The OS account for install is the user that will be used for the deployment of Viewer. The Cluster Name is the name of the cluster created for Viewer.

Table 1. Viewer Server Cluster parametersThis table provides suggested default values pertaining to Viewer Server Cluster.

Field Name Parameter
WAS Version WAS_VERSION, for example, 8.5.5.1
Operating System RHEL_VERSION, for example, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (x86_64)
Install Directory (Viewer) ViewerCluster_INSTALLPATH, for example, /opt/IBM/ConnectionsDocs/Viewer
OS account for install OSACCOUNT_LINUX, for example, root
Cluster Name IBMViewerCluster
Note: When you type your customized cluster names, follow the rules.

Servers:

Record all the servers that will be part of the Viewer cluster. Note though that Viewer does not need to be deployed on each of the Viewer servers. Instead you can deploy Viewer from one of the Viewer nodes or the Deployment Manager and it will be deployed to each of the Viewer nodes in the cluster listed in the table.

Table 2. Viewer servers parametersThis table provides suggested default values pertaining to Viewer servers.

Server Node Name Server Name
1 ViewerCluster_HOSTNAME_1, for example, Docs01.renovations.com ViewerCluster_NODENAME_1, for example, Docs01 IBMViewerMember1
Note: When you type your customized cluster names, follow the rules.
2 ViewerCluster_HOSTNAME_2, for example, Docs02.renovations.com ViewerCluster_NODENAME_2, for example, Docs02 IBMViewerMember2
Note: When you type your customized cluster names, follow the rules.