Where to specify the IP Address and Cluster Name for JBoss Instance ?

[saswata]

Dear Experts ,

       I am able to create a JBoss clustered environment , by running server instances on different configurations and specifying the Cluster Name and IP Address by the -g and -b options at runtime.

       But , Instead of specifying the Cluster Name and IP Address at runtime , I would like to specify these details in some config file , so that these are picked up automatically , when the Instances are created by the run command.

      Please suggest how to achieve this task.

Thanks & Regards

Saswata Mandal.

[jaikiran]

You can set them in run.bat or run.sh.

[saswata]

So , how can I do that ?

Please provide a more detailed information as i am new in JBoss .

Please help me out .

Thanks & Regards

ssawata mandal.

[peterj]

It would help it you told us whether you are running on Linux or on Winodws, and if you were starting JBoss AS manually from the command line or starting it automatically as a service/daemon.

If running from a command line, I recommedn creating a new .bat or .sh script and use it to start the app server. For example, start_server1.bat might contain:

call run.bat -b 99.99.99.99 -g xxxx

[saswata]

Hi Peter,

     Thanks for the reply.

Yes, we are using Windows and creating the JBoss Instances from the command prompt by the run command :-

run -c node -g partitionname -b ipaddress

But , I would like to specify the PartionName and the IPAddress in some configuration file , so that when we say ,

run -c node

the instance will be initiated by retrieving the IPAddress and PartionName from the config file.

Thanks & Regards

saswata Mandal.

[peterj]

First, let me again suggest very strongly that you create a run_node.bat file containing:

call run.bat -c node -g partitionname -b ipaddress

This is the easiest way to accomplish what you want.

If you absolutely insist on changing *.xml files, then you will have to first understand that the -b and -g setting on the command line in turn set one or more system properties, and those system properties can be referenced in multiple XML configuration. Here are the system properties set for the two options:

-b : jboss.bind.address, bind.address, jgroups.bind_addr, java.rmi.server.hostname

-g : jboss.partition.name

In some cases, the system properties are set from -b only if they were not set independently.

Now that you know this, you need to find every XML file that references these system properties and replace them with your desired value. For example, in server/all/conf/standardjboss.xml you will see:

<cluster-config>
         <partition-name>${jboss.partition.name:DefaultPartition}</partition-name>

You will want to change it to:

<cluster-config>
           <partition-name>partitionname</partition-name>

or perhaps to:

<cluster-config>
           <partition-name>${jboss.partition.name:partitionname}</partition-name>

By the way, I count around 20-30 instances of jboss.partition.name located in several XML files in the 'all' configuration. I did not serach for the system properties for -b but I now that there are a lot of them.

[saswata]

Hi peter ,

   Thanks for that detailed reply.

I think , I should create the run_node.bat file , as you have suggested.

After, reading your post , I am afraid to touch the config .xml files.

Thanks Again.

Thanks & Regards

saswata Mandal.

[pasumarthivijaykumar]

Hi Peter,

That's great Information.

Can you please let me know with an example? for this call run.bat -c node -g partitionname -b ipaddress

and what is node refers to?

Since i am unable to and change when i tryed. For your information my ipaddress is : 10:68:168:56 and hard disk partition is: D:

If i am wrong kindly request you to correct me.

Thanks & Regards,

Vijay

[wdfink]

Hi Vijay,

here a short overview ofparameters

-c  mean the server configuration which is represented by the directory in JBOSS_HOME/server/

-b  mean bindaddress, this is the IP where all connections bind 0.0.0.0 (all interfaces) 127.0.0.1(only local)

     you might use 10.68.168.56 in your case

-g is a cluster option (only if you use all or a copy of it) to separate different JBoss instances see [1] or [2]

[1] http://community.jboss.org/wiki/TwoClustersontheSameNetwork

[2] http://community.jboss.org/wiki/ClusteringFAQ

[pasumarthivijaykumar]

Hi,

Thank you very much.

Warm Regards,

Vijay