4.0.1sp1 cluster-service.xml versus tc5-cluster.xml

[john.mendonca]

Hi,
I'm trying to understand the various JBoss clustering options and I'm having difficulty userstanding why I would need tc5-cluster.xml under the server/all/deploy directory.

It seems that cluster-service.xml enables clustering, so that I can tune on ejb clustering in conf/jboss.xml, and make my http sessions "distributable" in the application WEB-INF/web.xml.

Have i missed anything really basic? Why would I need tc5-cluster.xml?

John

[ben.wang]

I believe in the release note for 4.0, it does mention of the file.

tc5-cluster-service.xml is needed in addition to the existing cluster-service.xml to configure the http session replication. This is because since 3.2.6 and up, the Tomcat http session replication has been implemented using JBossCache.

I have added this question to the cluster faq Wiki, nonetheless.

We are also in the process of updating the Admin book on this part (due out for 4.0.2).

-Ben