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The clustering deployment pattern

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In this guide, the IP of the first Message Broker (MB) node is referred to as https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1 and the IP of the second MB node is referred to as https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2.

If you want to test out clustering in a development environment using the same server, you need to port offset one of your ESB MB nodes. Follow the step given below:
Specify the port offset value in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/carbon.xml file.

Note

This is not recommended for production environments. Change all ports used in your configurations based on the offset value if you are setting a port offset for the specific node.

For more information on the default ports of WSO2 Enterprise Integrator, see the WSO2 administration guide.

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title	Click here for more information on configuring the port offset.

When you run multiple products/clusters or multiple instances of the same product on the same server or virtual machines (VMs), change their default ports with an offset value to avoid port conflicts. An offset defines the number by which all ports in the runtime (e.g., HTTP(S) ports) are increased. For example, if the default HTTP port is 9763 and the offset is 1, the effective HTTP port will change to 9764. For each additional product instance, set the port offset to a unique value. The offset of the default ports is zero.

The port value will automatically increase as shown in the Port Value column in the following table, allowing all five WSO2 product instances or servers to run on the same machine.

WSO2 product instance	Port Offset	Port Value
WSO2 server 1	0	9443
WSO2 server 2	1	9444
WSO2 server 3	2	9445
WSO2 server 4	3	9446
WSO2 server 5	4	9447

Example:

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<Ports>
	...
	<Offset>5</Offset>
	...
</Ports>

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Database Name	Description
WSO2_USER_DB	JDBC user store and authorization manager.
`REGISTRY_DB`	Shared database for config and governance registry mounts in the product's nodes.
`REGISTRY_LOCAL1`	Local registry space in Node 1.
`REGISTRY_LOCAL2`	Local registry space in Node 2.

In addition to the databases listed above, the Message Broker MB profile of WSO2 EI requires the following broker-specific data:

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Follow the steps given below to create the databases required for the Message Broker MB profile of WSO2 EI.

Download and install the MySQL Server.
Download the MySQL JDBC driver.
Download and unzip the WSO2 EI binary distribution. Be sure to select the correct product version.
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Throughout this guide, <EI_HOME> refers to the extracted directory of the WSO2 EI product distribution.
Unzip the downloaded MySQL driver, and copy the MySQL JDBC driver JAR (mysql-connector-java-x.x.xx-bin.jar) to the <EI_HOME>/lib/ directory of both the WSO2 EI nodes.
Add the following line to the /etc/hosts file to define the hostname for configuring permissions for the new database: <MYSQL-DB-SERVER-IP> carbondb.mysql-wso2.com
Note
Do this step only if your database is not on your local machine and on a separate server.
Execute the following command in a terminal/command window, where username is the username you want to use to access the databases: mysql -u username -p
When prompted, specify the password to access the databases.

Create the databases using the following commands:

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mysql> create database WSO2_USER_DB;
mysql> use WSO2_USER_DB;
mysql> source <EI_HOME>/dbscripts/mysql.sql;
mysql> grant all on WSO2_USER_DB.* TO regadmin@"carbondb.mysql-wso2.com" identified by "regadmin";

mysql> create database REGISTRY_DB;
mysql> use REGISTRY_DB;
mysql> source <EI_HOME>/dbscripts/mysql.sql;
mysql> grant all on REGISTRY_DB.* TO regadmin@"carbondb.mysql-wso2.com" identified by "regadmin";

mysql> create database REGISTRY_LOCAL1;
mysql> use REGISTRY_LOCAL1;
mysql> source <EI_HOME>/dbscripts/mysql.sql;
mysql> grant all on REGISTRY_LOCAL1.* TO regadmin@"carbondb.mysql-wso2.com" identified by "regadmin";
 
mysql> create database REGISTRY_LOCAL2;
mysql> use REGISTRY_LOCAL2;
mysql> source <EI_HOME>/dbscripts/mysql.sql;
mysql> grant all on REGISTRY_LOCAL2.* TO regadmin@"carbondb.mysql-wso2.com" identified 
by "regadmin";

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title	About using MySQL in different operating systems

For users of Microsoft Windows, when creating the database in MySQL, it is important to specify the character set as latin1. Failure to do this may result in an error (error code: 1709) when starting your cluster. This error occurs in certain versions of MySQL (5.6.x) and is related to the UTF-8 encoding. MySQL originally used the latin1 character set by default, which stored characters in a 2-byte sequence. However, in recent versions, MySQL defaults to UTF-8 to be friendlier to international users. Hence, you must use latin1 as the character set as indicated below in the database creation commands to avoid this problem. Note that this may result in issues with non-latin characters (like Hebrew, Japanese, etc.). The following is how your database creation command should look.

mysql> create database <DATABASE_NAME> character set latin1;

For users of other operating systems, the standard database creation commands will suffice. For these operating systems, the following is how your database creation command should look.

mysql> create database <DATABASE_NAME>;

Create and configure the MB_DB database, which is specific to the message broker profile using the following commandsMB profile:

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Note that `<EI_HOME>` , username, and password are and password are the same as those you specified in the previous steps.

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mysql> create database wso2_mb;
mysql> use wso2_mb;
mysql> source <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/dbscripts/mb-store/mysql-mb.sql;
mysql> grant all on wso2_mb.* TO regadmin@"carbondb.mysql-wso2.com" identified by "regadmin";

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Note

Note the following when adding these configurations:

The existing dbConfig called wso2registry must not be removed.
The datasource you specifying specify in the <dbConfig name="sharedregistry"> tag must match the JNDI Config name you specify in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/datasources/master-datasources.xml file.
The registry mount path denotes the type of registry. For example, ”/_system/config” refers to configuration Registry, and "/_system/governance" refers to the governance registry.
The <dbconfig> entry enables you to identify the datasource you configured in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/datasources/master-datasources.xml file. The unique name "shared registry" refers to that datasource entry.
The <remoteInstance> section refers to an external registry mount. Specify the read-only/read-write nature of this instance, caching configurations and the registry root location in this section.

Also, specify the cache ID in the <remoteInstance> section. This enables caching to function properly in the clustered environment.

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Cache ID is the same as the JDBC connection URL of the registry database. This value is the Cache ID of the remote instance. It should be in the format of $database_username@$database_url, where $database_username is the username of the remote instance database and $database_url is the remote instance database URL. This cache ID denotes the enabled cache. In this case, the database it should connect to is REGISTRY_DB, which is the database shared across all the nodes. You can find that in the mounting configurations of the same datasource that is being used.

Define a unique name in the <id> tag for each remote instance. This is then referred to from mount configurations. In the above example, the unique ID for the remote instance is "instanceId".
Specify the actual mount path and target mount path in each of the mounting configurations. The target path can be any meaningful name. In this instance, it is "/_system/mbconfig".

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title	Time synchronising the broker nodes

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The RDBMS identifies the latest record based on timestamps so a newer timestamp always gets preference. Therefore, it is vital to synchronize time across all the Broker MB nodes in the cluster to make them function properly. Given below are instructions for time synchronizing on Linux servers. Note that you need administrator permissions to do this.

Install the ntpdate package by executing the following commands.
- For RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Oracle Linux:
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  $sudo apt-get install ntpdate;
- For Debian and Ubuntu:
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  $ntpdate pool.ntp.org
Execute the command given below to create a script named timesync.sh in the /home/user directory.
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sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org >> /tmp/timeSyncLog.log
This command will sync the time of the local machine with the time in the pool.ntp.org time server cluster. The pool.ntp.org project is a big virtual cluster of time servers providing reliable easy-to-use NTP services for millions of clients. It's the default "time server" for most of the major Linux distributions, and many networked appliances. The logs of the time synchronization will be routed to the /tmp/timeSyncLog.log file.
Now, you need to schedule a cron job. Every computer calculates time locally according to a clock. This may cause a considerable time gap between servers in a clustered setup. Therefore, to make sure that the time on each of the servers are synchronized, we need to run the above script from time to time in every server machine. All servers will sync to the time received by "pool.ntp.org".
1. First, execute the following command:
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  $ crontab -e
2. Give the cron expression. For example, if you want time synchronization every minute, use the following cron expression:
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  * * * * * sh /home/user/timesync.sh

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Configure the datasources to point to the REGISTRY_LOCAL1, WSO2_REGISTRY_DB, and WSO2_USER_DB databases as follows in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/datasources/master-datasources.xml file as follows:

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Replace the username, password, and database URL of your MySQL environment accordingly.

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For ESB MB node 1, configure the datasources to point to the REGISTRY_LOCAL1, WSO2_REGISTRY_DB, and WSO2_USER_DB databases as follows:

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<datasources-configuration xmlns:svns="http://org.wso2.securevault/configuration"> 
     <providers> 
        <provider>org.wso2.carbon.ndatasource.rdbms.RDBMSDataSourceReader</provider> 
    </providers> 
    <datasources> 
        <datasource> 
            <name>REGISTRY_LOCAL1</name> 
            <description>The datasource used for registry- local</description> 
            <jndiConfig> 
                <name>jdbc/WSO2CarbonDB</name> 
            </jndiConfig> 
            <definition type="RDBMS"> 
                <configuration> 
                    <url>jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/REGISTRY_LOCAL1?autoReconnect=true</url> 
                    <username>regadmin</username> 
                    <password>regadmin</password> 
                    <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> 
                    <maxActive>50</maxActive> 
                    <maxWait>60000</maxWait> 
                    <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> 
                    <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> 
                    <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> 
                </configuration> 
            </definition> 
        </datasource> 
        <datasource> 
            <name>REGISTRY_DB</name> 
            <description>The datasource used for registry- config/governance</description> 
            <jndiConfig> 
                <name>jdbc/WSO2RegistryDB</name> 
            </jndiConfig> 
            <definition type="RDBMS"> 
                <configuration> 
                    <url>jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/REGISTRY_DB?autoReconnect=true</url> 
                    <username>regadmin</username> 
                    <password>regadmin</password> 
                    <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> 
                    <maxActive>50</maxActive> 
                    <maxWait>60000</maxWait> 
                    <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> 
                    <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> 
                    <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> 
                </configuration> 
            </definition> 
        </datasource> 
         <datasource> 
            <name>WSO2_USER_DB</name> 
            <description>The datasource used for registry and user manager</description> 
            <jndiConfig> 
                <name>jdbc/WSO2UMDB</name> 
            </jndiConfig> 
            <definition type="RDBMS"> 
                <configuration> 
                    <url>jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/WSO2_USER_DB</url> 
                    <username>regadmin</username> 
                    <password>regadmin</password> 
                    <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> 
                    <maxActive>50</maxActive> 
                    <maxWait>60000</maxWait> 
                    <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> 
                    <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> 
                    <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> 
                </configuration> 
            </definition> 
        </datasource> 
   </datasources> 
</datasources-configuration>

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For node 2, configure the datasources to point to the REGISTRY_LOCAL2, WSO2_REGISTRY_DB, and WSO2_USER_DB databases as shown below. Change the username, password, and database URL as needed for your environment.

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<datasources-configuration xmlns:svns="http://org.wso2.securevault/configuration"> 
     <providers> 
        <provider>org.wso2.carbon.ndatasource.rdbms.RDBMSDataSourceReader</provider> 
    </providers> 
    <datasources> 
        <datasource> 
            <name>REGISTRY_LOCAL2</name> 
            <description>The datasource used for registry- local</description> 
            <jndiConfig> 
                <name>jdbc/WSO2CarbonDB</name> 
            </jndiConfig> 
            <definition type="RDBMS"> 
                <configuration> 
                    <url>jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/REGISTRY_LOCAL1?autoReconnect=true</url> 
                    <username>regadmin</username> 
                    <password>regadmin</password> 
                    <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> 
                    <maxActive>50</maxActive> 
                    <maxWait>60000</maxWait> 
                    <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> 
                    <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> 
                    <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> 
                </configuration> 
            </definition> 
        </datasource> 
        <datasource> 
            <name>REGISTRY_DB</name> 
            <description>The datasource used for registry- config/governance</description> 
            <jndiConfig> 
                <name>jdbc/WSO2RegistryDB</name> 
            </jndiConfig> 
            <definition type="RDBMS"> 
                <configuration> 
                    <url>jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/REGISTRY_DB?autoReconnect=true</url> 
                    <username>regadmin</username> 
                    <password>regadmin</password> 
                    <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> 
                    <maxActive>50</maxActive> 
                    <maxWait>60000</maxWait> 
                    <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> 
                    <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> 
                    <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> 
                </configuration> 
            </definition> 
        </datasource> 
         <datasource> 
            <name>WSO2_USER_DB</name> 
            <description>The datasource used for registry and user manager</description> 
            <jndiConfig> 
                <name>jdbc/WSO2UMDB</name> 
            </jndiConfig> 
            <definition type="RDBMS"> 
                <configuration> 
                    <url>jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/WSO2_USER_DB</url> 
                    <username>regadmin</username> 
                    <password>regadmin</password> 
                    <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> 
                    <maxActive>50</maxActive> 
                    <maxWait>60000</maxWait> 
                    <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> 
                    <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> 
                    <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> 
                </configuration> 
            </definition> 
        </datasource> 
   </datasources> 
</datasources-configuration>

Remove or comment out the default H2-based WSO2_MB_STORE_DB and WSO2_CARBON_DB datasource configurations from the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/datasources/master-datasources.xml file.

Uncomment or add the following WSO2_MB_STORE_DB configuration in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/datasources/master-datasources.xml file based on your DBMS type.

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Update the JDBC URL to correctly point to your database and enter the username and password for your database user with the proper permissions.

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<datasource>
    <name>WSO2_MB_STORE_DB</name>
    <jndiConfig>
        <name>jdbc/WSO2MBStoreDB</name>
    </jndiConfig>
    <definition type="RDBMS">
        <configuration>
            <defaultAutoCommit>false</defaultAutoCommit>
            <dataSourceClassName>com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerXADataSource</dataSourceClassName>
            <dataSourceProps>
                <property name="URL">jdbc:sqlserver://127.0.0.1\SQLExpress</property>
                <property name="databaseName">wso2mb</property>
                <property name="user">sa</property>
                <property name="password">mssql</property>
            </dataSourceProps>
        </configuration>
    </definition>
</datasource>

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If your MySQL username or password is not `root`, make sure to update the `<username>` and `<password>` properties.

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<datasource>
    <name>WSO2_MB_STORE_DB</name>
    <jndiConfig>
        <name>WSO2MBStoreDB</name>
    </jndiConfig>
    <definition type="RDBMS">
        <configuration>
            <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName>
            <url>jdbc:mysql://localhost/wso2_mb</url>
            <username>regadmin</username>
            <password>regadmin</password>
            <maxActive>50</maxActive>
            <maxWait>60000</maxWait>
            <minIdle>5</minIdle>
            <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow>
            <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery>
            <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval>
            <defaultAutoCommit>false</defaultAutoCommit>
        </configuration>
    </definition>
</datasource>

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 <datasource>
    <name>WSO2_MB_STORE_DB</name>
    <jndiConfig>
        <name>WSO2MBStoreDB</name>
    </jndiConfig>
    <definition type="RDBMS">
        <configuration>
            <defaultAutoCommit>false</defaultAutoCommit>
            <driverClassName>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</driverClassName>
            <url>jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521/orcl</url>
            <maxActive>100</maxActive>
            <maxWait>60000</maxWait>
            <minIdle>5</minIdle>
            <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow>
            <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery>
            <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval>
            <username>scott</username>
            <password>tiger</password>
        </configuration>
    </definition>
</datasource>

Add the following configuration in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/user-mgt.xml file of both nodes to configure the user stores.

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Enter the datasource information for the user store that you configured in the `<EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/datasources/master-datasources.xml` file. You can change the admin username and password as well. However, you should do this before starting the server.

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<Configuration>
    <AddAdmin>true</AddAdmin>
    <AdminRole>admin</AdminRole>
    <AdminUser>
        <UserName>admin</UserName>
        <Password>admin</Password>
    </AdminUser>
    <EveryOneRoleName>everyone</EveryOneRoleName>
    <Property name="dataSource">jdbc/WSO2UMDB</Property>
</Configuration>

Uncomment or add the following configuration in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/broker.xml file. ( Enter the message store based on your database type and Andes context store).

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<persistence>
  <messageStore class="org.wso2.andes.store.rdbms.RDBMSMessageStoreImpl">
        <propertyname="dataSource">WSO2MBStoreDB</property>
  </messageStore>
  <contextStore class="org.wso2.andes.store.rdbms.RDBMSAndesContextStoreImpl">
        <propertyname="dataSource">WSO2MBStoreDB</property>
  </contextStore>
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</persistence>

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<persistence>
  <messageStore class="org.wso2.andes.store.rdbms.RDBMSMessageStoreImpl">
        <propertyname="dataSource">WSO2MBStoreDB</property>
  </messageStore>
  <contextStore class="org.wso2.andes.store.rdbms.RDBMSAndesContextStoreImpl">
        <propertyname="dataSource">WSO2MBStoreDB</property>
  </contextStore>
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</persistence>

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<persistence>
  <messageStore class="org.wso2.andes.store.rdbms.RDBMSMessageStoreImpl">
        <propertyname="dataSource">WSO2MBStoreDB</property>
  </messageStore>
  <contextStore class="org.wso2.andes.store.rdbms.RDBMSAndesContextStoreImpl">
        <propertyname="dataSource">WSO2MBStoreDB</property>
  </contextStore>
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</persistence>

Add the following thrift-related configurations in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/broker.xml file.

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This file is the root configuration file of brokering. Do the changes you do to this file in all the broker profile nodes. Configure the `thriftServerHost` value to point to the IP address of the message broker MB profile node.

Click here for more details on the configurations.

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<coordination>
    <nodeID>default</nodeID>
    <thriftServerHost>192.168.0.103</thriftServerHost>
    <thriftServerPort>7611</thriftServerPort>
	<thriftSOTimeout>0</thriftSOTimeout>
</coordination>

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Configuration	Description
`coordination`	This configuration is related to brokering thrift communications.
`nodeID`

The node ID of each member in a cluster must be unique.

In a clustered deployment, an ID is assigned to each

MB

brokering node via the cluster node identifier.

The node ID specified by this parameter

This element can be used to override the cluster node identifier for this

MB

brokering node. If the

node ID is set to 'default'

value for this element is left as default, the default node ID

will be retrieved using the Hazelcast member ID that is specified in the axis2.xml file as shown below.

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<parameter name="localMemberHost">192.168.0.102</parameter>

Note that when this parameter is set to 'default', the node ID is made up of the 'localMemberHost' and the 'localMemberPort' (defined in the axis2.xml) as shown below. The 'localMemberHost' will be the hostname of the server if the hostname can be mapped with the provided IP address. Otherwise, the 'localMemberHost' will always be the provided IP address.

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NODE:localMemberHost:localMemberPort

thriftServerHostThis is a sub-element of the <coordination> tag. WSO2 EI

is generated using the IP and a universally unique identifier (UUID). The node ID of each member in a cluster must be unique.
`thriftServerHost`	This is a sub-element of the `<coordination>` tag. The MB profile uses Apache Thrift for communications relating to message delivery. Therefore, an Apache Thrift server is started in each brokering node in a clustered deployment. This element should point to the IP address of the Apache Thrift server. This should point to the IP address of the brokering node that hosts the thrift server. The default value for this is `localhost`. For example, if you are configuring a brokering node hosted in 192.168.0.102 as the thrift server, this value should be 192.168.0.102.
`thriftServerPort`	This is another sub-element of the `<coordination>` tag. This should point to the port of the thrift server in the

message broker

MB profile.

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title	What is the effective thrift server port ?

The broker.xml file indicates 7611 as the default thrift server port. However, the default thrift server port that is effective in the MB profile of WSO2 EI is 7614 (7611 + 3). This is because, by default, the server port of the MB profile of WSO2 EI is offset by 3 in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/carbon. xml file. It is important to note that the effective thrift server port depends upon the default server port offset in the carbon.xml file as well as the thriftServerPort value in the broker.xml file. Be sure to keep the correct thrift server port open in your system to avoid errors.

It is recommended to use the same thrift server port for all broker nodes in your cluster.

thriftSOTimeout

This is used to handle half-open TCP connections between the broker nodes in a cluster. In such situations, the socket may need to have a timeout value to invalidate the connection (in milliseconds). A timeout of zero is interpreted as an infinite timeout. Be sure to set this value to 180000 milliseconds as shown below

in order to handle a high number of half-open TCP connections

.

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<thriftSOTimeout>180000</thriftSOTimeout>

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	enable_hazelcast
	enable_hazelcast

Edit the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/axis2/axis2.xml file as follows to set up the cluster configurations.

Enable clustering for this node as follows: <clustering class="org.wso2.carbon.core.clustering.hazelcast.HazelcastClusteringAgent" enable="true">
Set the membership scheme to "wka" to enable the well-known address registration method. (This node sends cluster initiation messages to the WKA members):
<parameter name="membershipScheme">wka</parameter>
Specify the name of the cluster this node will join as follows:
<parameter name="domain">wso2.ei.domain</parameter>
Specify the hosts to communicate cluster messages as follows:
<parameter name="localMemberHost">xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2</parameter>

Specify the port to communicate cluster messages as follows:
<parameter name="localMemberPort">4100</parameter>

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This port number is not affected by the port offset value specified in the `<EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/carbon.` `xml` file. If this port number is already assigned to another server, the clustering framework automatically increments this port number. However, if there are two servers running on the same machine, ensure that a unique port is set for each server.

Specify the well-known members as

follows: (

shown below. The port value for the WKA node must be the same value as it's localMemberPort (in this case it is 4100

)

.

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You can also use IP address ranges for the hostname (e.g., 192.168.1.2-10). However, you can define a range only for the last portion of the IP address. Smaller the range, the faster the time it takes to discover members since each node has to scan a lesser number of potential members. The best practice is to add all the members (including itself) in all the nodes to avoid any conflicts in configurations.

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<members>    
    <member>
        <hostName>xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1</hostName>
        <port>4100</port>
    </member>
    <member>
        <hostName>xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2</hostName>
        <port>4200</port>
    </member>
</members>

Enable heartbeat messaging for each of the broker nodes by following the steps given below. This is required for handling TCP connections between the broker nodes and client systems (publishers and subscribers).

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title	What is heartbeat messaging?

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title	Click here for more information.

When a client is connected to the broker, both the broker and the client should be able to detect problem situations where the TCP connection is half open or where the connecting client/broker is unresponsive. This can be achieved by enabling heartbeat messaging between the broker and the client.

The heartbeat messaging configuration allows both the broker and the client to verify whether the connection is inactive or whether the connecting system (broker or client) is inactive by periodically sending messages to each other.

For example, you can set the heartbeat delay time to 30 seconds. This means that if the broker (or the client) does not receive the expected response from the other system within 30 seconds, it will send a heartbeat message to check if the connection is inactive or if the other system is inactive. If the connection is inactive or is half-open, there will be a clear indication of connection failure. However, if the connection is active but the other system is unresponsive, the broker or the client will continue to send heartbeat messages (every 30 seconds). By default, the broker and clients are configured to terminate (timeout) the connection after sending two heartbeat messages; however, this time out configuration can be changed.

Note: In a scenario where the subscriber client is sending the heartbeat message to the broker node, if the connection is found to be broken or if the broker node is inactive, the connection will failover to another broker node in the cluster.

Open the qpid-config.xml file that is stored in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/advanced directory.

Set the heartbeat delay as shown below. The recommended heartbeat delay is 30 seconds.

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<heartbeat> <delay>30</delay> <timeoutFactor>2.0</timeoutFactor> </heartbeat>

The elements in the above configuration are explained below.

delay	The <delay> element specifies the time interval between heartbeat messages. This is the time that the broker or client will wait to receive a response from the other party. If the response is not received within this time, a heartbeat message is triggered.
timeoutFactor	The number of heartbeat messages the broker will send to the client before terminating the connection. That is, if the timeoutFactor is 2, the broker will send heartbeat messages every 30 seconds twice, and if a response is not received from the client, the connection will be terminated.

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Add the following property configurations to the hazelcast.properties file stored in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/ directory.
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#Disabling the hazelcast shutdown hook hazelcast.shutdownhook.enabled=false #Setting the hazelcast logging type to log4j hazelcast.logging.type=log4j
The above configurations are explained below.
- Hazelcast shutdown hook: This configuration disables the shutdown hook in hazelcast, which ensures that the hazelcast instance shuts down gracefully whenever the product node shuts down. If the hazelcast shutdown hook is enabled (which is the default behavior of a product), you will see errors such as "Hazelcast instance is not active!" at the time of shutting down the product node: This is because the hazelcast instance shuts down too early when the shutdown hook is enabled.
- Hazelcast logging type: This configuration sets the hazelcast logging type to log4j, which allows hazelcast logs to be written to the wso2carbon.log file.
If you have enabled log4j for hazelcast logging as explained above, be sure to enter the configuration shown below in the log4j.properties file (stored in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/ directory). This can be used to configure the log level for hazelcast logging. For a clustered production environment, it is recommended to use INFO as the log level as shown below.
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log4j.logger.com.hazelcast=INFO

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If rdbmsBasedCoordination enabled is set to true, the Message Broker profile in WSO2 EI introduces cluster coordination through an RDBMS. This means that the coordination between the nodes in a cluster can be managed through an RDBMS, just as message persistence. Therefore, the RDBMS that is connected to the MB nodes in the cluster is, by default, used for message persistence as well as cluster coordination.

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Additional configurations

Cluster coordination and event synchronization

The cluster coordination process controls how the nodes in an MB cluster are managed. By default, the MB uses an RDBMS (the MB database that is connected to nodes in the cluster) for cluster coordination as well as cluster event synchronization. Note that this is also the same RDBMS that is used for message persistence in the MB, and thereby cluster coordination, cluster event synchronization, and message persistence works on the same network in your cluster.

The following settings in the broker.xml file (stored in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/ directory)

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enables and configures RDBMS

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cluster coordination

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and event synchronization. Note that it is not recommended to disable RDBMS cluster coordination and event synchronization as it can sometimes cause network partitioning in your cluster.

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The clustering mechanism of the MB profile depends on its Hazelcast engine. Therefore, Hazelcast clustering should always be enabled in the MB profile for RDBMS-based cluster coordination to work.

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<rdbmsBasedCoordination enabled="true">
    <heartbeatInterval>5000</heartbeatInterval>
    <!-- Time to wait before informing others about coordinator change in milliseconds. This value should be
            larger than a database read time including network latency and should be less than heartbeatInterval -->
    <coordinatorEntryCreationWaitTime>3000</coordinatorEntryCreationWaitTime>
    <!-- Time interval used to poll database for membership related events in milliseconds. -->
    <eventPollingInterval>4000</eventPollingInterval>
</rdbmsBasedCoordination>
<!-- Enabling this will make the cluster notifications such as Queue changes(additions and deletions),
        Subscription changes, etc. sent within the cluster be synchronized using RDBMS. If set to false, Hazelcast
        will be used for this purpose.-->
<RDBMSBasedClusterEventSynchronization enabled="true">
    <!--Specifies the interval at which, the cluster events will be read from the database. Needs to be
            declared in milliseconds. Setting this to a very low value could downgrade the performance where as
            setting this to a large value could increase the time taken for a cluster event to be synchronized in
            all the nodes in a cluster.-->
    <eventSyncInterval>1000</eventSyncInterval>
</RDBMSBasedClusterEventSynchronization><coordinatorEntryCreationWaitTime>3000</coordinatorEntryCreationWaitTime>
    <eventPollingInterval>4000</eventPollingInterval>
</rdbmsBasedCoordination>
<RDBMSBasedClusterEventSynchronization enabled="true">
    <eventSyncInterval>1000</eventSyncInterval>
</RDBMSBasedClusterEventSynchronization>

See the parameter descriptions given below.

Cluster coordination parameters:

Parameter Description

enabled

This property is set to "true" by default, which indicates that RDBMS-based cluster coordination is enabled:

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<rdbmsBasedCoordination enabled="true">

It is not recommended to disable this setting. If you disable this setting, the hazelcast engine will handle cluster coordinatin without using the RDBMS network, which can cause network partitioning. Find out more about how to handle network partitioning in hazelcast cluster coordination.

heartbeatInterval The time interval for heartbeat messaging, which is used to check the availability of the nodes in the cluster. Declared in milliseconds.

coordinatorEntryCreationWaitTime The time the system should wait before informing other nodes about a new coordinator. Declared in milliseconds. This value should be larger than the database read time (including network latency) and should be less than the heartbeatInterval value.

eventPollingInterval Time interval used to poll the database for membership related events. Declared in milliseconds.

Event synchronization parameters:

Parameter Description

enabled

This property is set to "true" by default, which indicates that RDBMS-based cluster event synchronization is enabled:

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<RDBMSBasedClusterEventSynchronization enabled="true">

It is not recommended to disable this setting.

eventSyncInterval Specifies the interval at which the cluster events will be read from the database. Declared in milliseconds. Setting this to a very low value could decrease server performance where as setting this to a large value could increase the time taken for a cluster event to be synchronized in all the nodes in a cluster.

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Handling network partitioning in Hazelcast-based clustering

Network partitioning in the network used for cluster coordination can sometimes disrupt the cluster. The Message Broker profile of WSO2 EI introduces a new configuration to handle network partitioning that may occur when cluster coordination is managed by the hazelcast engine (as opposed to the RDBMS as explained above).For example, consider a cluster of three MB nodes that uses two separate networks for cluster coordination and message persistence. The network can happen in the Message Broker cluster if you have disabled RDBMS-based cluster coordination. That is, when RDBMS-based clustering is disabled, the hazelcast engine in the MB uses two separate networks: The network with the RDBMS will persist messages, subscriptions and queues etc., and the cluster network communicates information about subscriptions, queue additions, and to decide on the coordinator of the cluster. the coordinator of the cluster.

For example, consider a cluster of three MB nodes that uses two separate networks for cluster coordination and message persistence. If one of the nodes in the cluster disconnects from the network used for cluster coordination, that node will separate from the cluster and function as a separate node/cluster (separate partition). That is, the three-node cluster will now be working as two separate clusters. However, the disconnected node will still be up and running, and message persistence will continue uninterrupted through the message persistence network. This will cause inconsistencies in the system because message persistence and cluster coordination will not be synchronized. In such a situation, it is necessary to stop the disconnected node from accepting messages.

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Open the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/repository/conf/broker.xml file and set the <networkPartitionsDetection> element shown below to enabled="true" . Note that this configuration is disabled by default as shown below.
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<?xml version="1.0"?> <networkPartitionsDetection enabled="false"> <minimumClusterSize>1</minimumClusterSize> </networkPartitionsDetection>
Update the <minimumClusterSize> property in the above configuration to specify the minimum node count the cluster should maintain in order to operate. Note that if this value should be at least two for cluster coordination to work. If the number of nodes in the cluster becomes less than the configured value, the cluster will not accept any incoming traffic. That is, all subscriptions will be disconnected.

Testing the cluster

Follow the steps below to test the cluster.

Navigate to <EI_HOME>/bin/ via the terminal and start the Message broker profile:
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Go to Start Menu -> Programs -> WSO2 -> Enterprise Integrator 6.4.0 Broker. This will open a terminal and start the Message Broker profilethe cluster becomes less than the configured value, the cluster will not accept any incoming traffic. That is, all subscriptions will be disconnected.

Testing the cluster

Follow the steps below to test the cluster.

Start the MB profile nodes. See the instructions in Running the Product.

Check for ‘member joined’ log messages in all consoles.

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When you terminate one node, all nodes identify that the node has left the cluster. The same applies when a new node joins the cluster. If you want to add another new node, copy existing node without any changes if you are running it on a new server (such as xxx.xxx.xxx.184). If you intend to use the new node on a server where another WSO2 product is running, use a copy of node and change the port offset accordingly in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/carbon.xml file. You also have to change localMemberPort in the <EI_HOME>/wso2/broker/conf/axis2/axis2.xml file if that product has clustering enabled. Also, map all hostnames to the relevant IP addresses when creating a new node. The log messages indicate if the new node joins the cluster.

Access the Management Console through the LB using the following URL: https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2:443/carbon
Sign into the management console using admin as the username and password.
Click Node List.

You see that the 2 nodes are up and running successfully. The message store health needs to be Healthy and only one node can be the Coordinator Node.

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