Cluster with one point-of-entry
This setup gives you the ability to provide greater availability to your users as well as increase the capacity of the cluster,
given that multiple servers can be configured to act as one, i.e., a “cluster”. In other words, the Point-of-Entry to the
cluster is a Cluster Service, and it is responsible for authenticating users and for allocating their session requests to
the least busy Server.
Note
The Cluster Service can be installed on any of the server machines or on a separate machine. Users can then point their browsers
to the Cluster Service machine rather than to an individual server. Making only one point of entry available to the user simplifies
the network setup and reduces the amount of network configuration that is required.
Figure 2: One point-of-entry setup overview
Configuring a cluster with one point of entry
Follow the steps below to configure a cluster with one point of entry.
| 1. | During the installation, provide the IP address of the designated point of entry . If you missed this point during the installation, you can either redo the installation quickly or edit the HTML pages. |
| 2. | Add one cluster service entry in Host Access Manager. |
| 3. | Add multiple Server entries in Host Access Manager. |