Creating a Cluster

To create a cluster, perform these steps:

  1. In the tree component, select the Clusters node.
  2. On the Clusters page, click New. The Create Cluster page appears.
  3. In the Name field, type a name for the cluster. The name
  4. In the Configuration field, choose a configuration from the drop-down list.
  5. To create a stand-alone cluster, choose default-config, and leave the radio button labeled “Make a copy of the selected Configuration” selected. The copy of the default configuration will have the name cluster_name-config.

    To reference another configuration, choose the configuration from the drop-down list and select the radio button labeled “Reference the selected Configuration”. This action creates a shared cluster if the configuration is used by another cluster.

  6. You can add server instances now, or wait until after you have created the cluster. Before you create server instances for the cluster, first create one or more node agents or node agent placeholders. See "Creating a Node Agent Placeholder" for details.
  7. To create server instances, perform the following steps:

    1. In the Server Instances To Be Created area, click Add.
    2. Type a name for the instance in the Instance Name field
    3. Choose a node agent from the Node Agent drop-down list.
  8. Click OK.
  9. Click OK on the Cluster Created Successfully page that appears.

For more details on how to administer clusters, server instances, and node agents, see "Deploying Node Agents".

Equivalent asadmin command: create-cluster

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