Networking

Ensure that the DNS, IPs, and other network-related tasks are completed so that the servers can communicate with each other and with the clients.

Complete the following tasks:
  • Assign static IP addresses to each server.
  • Register fully qualified host names and aliases in DNS.
  • If load balancers are required in the environment, to speed up verification of the components, set up the routing rules prior to the installation. If this is not possible, use operating system hosts files to simulate the routing of traffic to the virtual host names.
To verify the result on Linux, complete the following steps:
  1. Check whether the host name is set correctly: uname -n or ping host-name
    Note: If the expected host name is not returned, add it. For example, add HOSTNAME=DocsWin01.example.com in the location /etc/sysconfig/network.
  2. Check the communication between servers. From each server, ping the host name of the other server.
    Note: If communication fails, add mapping. For example, add 9.110.86.49 DocsWin01.example.com in the location /etc/hosts. On Windows, the configuration file is C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, and the format must be 9.110.86.49 DocsWin01.example.com DocsWin01. Otherwise, the Docs service might not be accessed because of long host name and short host name.