In the modern world, the importance of data availability cannot be underestimated. Herewith, you want to maintain immediate access to any required information. Thus, for any production solution of any meaningful size, it is highly recommended to configure a cluster. Software clustering is the technique of using at least two instances for a service. Such redundancy not only provides reliability (the system can withstand a failure of at least one instance) but also helps to handle high load.
Based on experience, configuring a cluster can be a challenging process that requires significant time investment. In order to help you out, the platform automates some of the most popular clusterization solutions and can perform them for you on demand directly from the topology wizard. Such automation immensely simplifies and speeds up the creation of a reliable production-ready cluster for your project.
Enabling Auto-Clustering
Currently, the following templates support the Auto-Clustering feature via the topology wizard:
- application servers – Tomcat/TomEE, GlassFish, Payara, Jenkins, WildFly
- SQL databases – MySQL, MariaDB, Percona, PostgreSQL
- NoSQL database – Couchbase, Redis, OpenSearch
- storage server – Shared Storage Container
Tip: In addition to the Auto-Clustering option in the topology wizard, a number of prepackaged clusterization solutions can be found under the Clusters category of the platform Marketplace.
1. Select one of the listed stacks in the topology wizard. The appropriate Auto-Clustering switcher will be available in the central part of the frame.
2. You can hover over the hint icon for additional information on this particular stack auto-clustering implementation. Within the description, you can find the Learn More link to documentation with a more extensive overview.
3. Also, after enabling Auto-Clustering, some additional configs can appear for further customization of the cluster. For example, MariaDB auto-cluster allows to choose replication Scheme and add dedicated ProxySQL load balancer exclusively for this database cluster:
Additional Materials on Auto-Clustering
The platform provides extensive documentation, multiple blog posts, and dedicated GitHub pages on the Auto-Clustering topic:
- Auto-Clustering of Instances via Topology Wizard – lists stacks that support the feature, explains basic management via wizard and Cloud Scripting
- MariaDB/MySQL Auto-Сlustering with Load Balancing and Replication – automatic clustering and replication for MariaDB and MySQL databases for high availability and performance
- PostgreSQL Auto-Clustering with Asynchronous Master-Slave Replication – get multiple copies of essential data within automatic master-slave replication for PostgreSQL database
- Out-of-Box GlassFish & Payara Clustering: Running Java EE Highly-Available Applications in the Cloud – shows how to set up a highly-available cluster with GlassFish and Payara Micro for running Java EE applications
- Jenkins Cluster Hosting for Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) – automate continuous integration and delivery of your Java applications using pre-configured master-slave Jenkins cluster
- WildFly Managed Domain in Containers: Automatic Micro Clustering and Scaling – explains how to extend your WildFly from a standalone server to cluster in managed domain mode for running cloud-native microservices
- Shared Storage Container Auto-Clustering – configures a reliable storage cluster with AutoFS, NFSv4, and GlusterFS support
- Solutions Collection on GitHub – stores the platform automation solutions, including Auto-Clustering (e.g. db-clustering, wildfly, glassfish, and other repositories)
