5.6.2.2. Configuring Interaction between Middleware Servers

Middleware servers can maintain shared lists of user sessions and other objects and coordinate invalidation of caches. cuba.cluster.enabled property should be enabled on each server to achieve this. Example of the tomcat/conf/app-core/local.app.properties file is shown below:

cuba.cluster.enabled = true

cuba.webHostName = host3
cuba.webPort = 8080
cuba.webContextName = app-core

For the Middleware servers, correct values of the cuba.webHostName, cuba.webPort and cuba.webContextName properties should be specified to form a unique Server ID.

Interaction mechanism is based on JGroups. The platform provides two configuration files for JGroups:

  • jgroups.xml - a UDP-based stack of protocols which is suitable for local network with enabled broadcast communication. This configuration is used by default when the cluster is turned on.

  • jgroups_tcp.xml - TCP-based stack of protocols which is suitable for any network. It requires explicit setting of cluster members addresses in TCP.bind_addr and TCPPING.initial_hosts parameters. In order to use this configuration, set cuba.cluster.jgroupsConfig application property.

    If you use a firewall for middleware servers, don’t forget to set up firewall ports according to your JGroups configuration.

In order to set up JGroups parameters for your environment, copy the appropriate jgroups.xml file from the root of cuba-core-<version>.jar to your project core module or to tomcat/conf/app-core and modify it.

ClusterManagerAPI bean provides the program interface for interaction between servers in the Middleware cluster. It can be used in the application – see JavaDocs and usages in the platform code.