Multiple JBoss instances on single machine

[treespace]

There's a link on the JBoss HA wiki page for clustering that details an eight step configuration process for multiple instances of JBoss. I think it creates the impression that using multiple JBoss instances is complicated when it's actually a zero-configuration process for JBoss.

On Windows or Linux or OS X you can easily add multiple IP addresses to a single machine. You can start JBoss with the --host switch and use a private static address (the 192.168.1.XXX range for example) or a host file mapping. It seems insane to make all those port changes when you don't have to.

[starksm64]

and the offending link actually is?

[treespace]

http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JBossHA

"Setting up multiple..." at the bottom.

Not to say it isn't useful; rather, it's not the simplest solution for that task.

BTW, I tried to add some additional comments to the wiki page but apparenly you need special powers.

[brian.stansberry]

Thanks for pointing this out. There is a better wiki page -- http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ConfiguringMultipleJBossInstancesOnOneMachine that the JBossHA page link should point to. I'll fix this.