Skip to main content
Top
Review meshIQ Products (G2.com)

Create a Cache Cluster

Some features described in this article are available starting with meshIQ Manage version 12.1 and greater.
For a quick overview of what's new or changed, visit the meshIQ Highlights page for a version-by-version breakdown.  

Jump to Section:
Version 12.x and Later
Version 11.3 and Earlier
 

Version 12.x and Later

This article will guide you through the process of creating a Solace Cache Cluster.

A Cache Cluster is a collection of one or more Cache Instances that subscribe to exactly the same topics. Cache Instances are grouped together in a Cache Cluster for the purpose of fault tolerance and load balancing. As published messages are received, the event broker message bus sends these live data messages to the Cache Instances in the Cache Cluster. This enables client cache requests to be served by any of Cache Instances in the Cache Cluster.

Before creating the Cache Cluster, you must establish a Solace Manager connection. To learn how, click on Create Remote Solace Manager Connection.

Create a Solace Cache Cluster

You can create a Solace Cache Cluster by following these steps:

  1. Open the Solace Cache Cluster widget, click the Add button . 
  2. The Select Object Path window will open. Specify the Workgroup server, Node, Broker, Message VPN and Distributed Cache then click Select path. To learn how to create a Distributed Cache, refer to Create a Distributed Cache.

By default, all available Workgroup servers, Nodes, Brokers, Message VPNs and Distributed Caches are selected. If you want to limit the selection, you must explicitly choose which ones to include.

  1. The Solace Cache Cluster Create Window will open. Enter the Cache Cluster Name (required) and populate other needed details.
  2. Click on the Advanced slide at the bottom left to view more advanced options. 
  3. click Ok to create the cache cluster immediately. Alternatively, click Schedule to create it at a future time (see Scheduling for details).
  4. Now, go to the Cache Cluster widget to see the newly added object. If you can't find it, refresh the widget using the Refresh icon. 

Version 11.3 and Earlier

This article will guide you through the process of creating a Solace Cache Cluster.

A Cache Cluster is a collection of one or more Cache Instances that subscribe to exactly the same topics. Cache Instances are grouped together in a Cache Cluster for the purpose of fault tolerance and load balancing. As published messages are received, the event broker message bus sends these live data messages to the Cache Instances in the Cache Cluster. This enables client cache requests to be served by any of Cache Instances in the Cache Cluster.

Before creating the Cache Cluster, you must establish a Solace Manager connection. To learn how, click on Create Remote Solace Manager Connection.

Create a Solace Cache Cluster

You can create a Solace Cache Cluster by following these steps:

  1. Open the Solace Cache Cluster viewlet, click the Add Solace Cache Cluster Plus button.png button. 
  2. The Select Object Path window will opens. Specify the Workgroup server, Node, Broker, Message VPN and Distributed Cache then click Select path.
    To learn how to create an Distributed Cache, refer to Create a Distributed Cache.

By default, all available Workgroup servers, Nodes, Brokers, Message VPNs and Distributed Caches are selected. If you want to limit the selection, you must explicitly choose which ones to include.

  1. The Solace Cache Cluster Create Window will open. Enter the Cache Cluster Name (required) and populate other needed details.
  2. Click on the Advanced slide at the bottom left to view more advanced options. 
  3. click Ok to create the cache cluster immediately. Alternatively, click Schedule to create it at a future time (see Scheduling for details).
  4. Now, go to the Cache Cluster viewlet to see the newly added object. If you can't find it, refresh the viewlet using the Refresh Refresh button.png icon.