Deploying an ALB

Scenario

After RTD is successfully installed, you can use the WAR package preset on the platform to deploy an ALB. After the ALB is deployed, it can connect to external distributors and support socket and HTTP access, enhancing the network adaptability of the platform.

Prerequisites

The Containers service has been installed.

Procedure

1. Log in to FusionInsight Manager.
2. Choose Cluster > Services > Containers.
3. Click More, select Download Client. In the dialog box displayed, select Complete Client and the corresponding platform type, and click OK to download the complete client file to a local host.
4. Decompress the downloaded FusionInsight_Cluster_1_Containers_Client.tar file and then decompress the FusionInsight_Cluster_1_Containers_ClientConfig.tar file to obtain the FusionInsight_Cluster_1_Containers_ClientConfig folder.
5. Click Business Manager then Add Group.
6. On the Basic Information tab page, enter the group name and description, and click Next.
7. Access the Config Set tab page.
   1. Enter the configuration set name in the Config Set Name text box.

      The value can contain 3 to 20 characters, including numbers, letters, and underscores (_).

   2. In the Description text box, enter the description of the configuration set file to be uploaded.

      The description contains a maximum of 120 characters.

   3. Click Select File, select the albconfig.zip file in Containers\alb in the decompression path in 4, and click Next.

8. On the Container tab page, select a container for the group and click Submit.
   

   A container can only belong to one group. If no idle container is available, add a container to the group by referring to Adding a Container.

9. In the group list on the left, click the name of the created group and click Add BLU.
10. On the Basic tab page, click Select File and upload the alb-0.0.1.war file in Containers\alb in the decompression path in 4. Then, click Next.
11. On the Configuration tab page, select the group configuration set to be used by the ALB and click Next.
12. On the Deployment Instance tab page, select the container to be used by the ALB.
    

    If multiple Container instances are deployed, ALBs of the same node can be deployed only on one Container instance.

13. Click Submit to start deploying the ALB.
14. Start the ALB by referring to Starting and Stopping a BLU.