Name | Synopsis | Description | Options | Operands | Examples | Exit Status | See Also
create-cluster [--terse={true|false}][ --echo={true|false} ] [ --interactive={true|false} ] [ --host host] [--port port] [--secure| -s ] [ --user admin_user] [--passwordfile filename] [--help] [ --config config_name] [--systemproperties (name=value)[:name=value]*] [--hosts hadb-host-list] [--haagentport port_number] [--haadminpassword password] [--haadminpasswordfile file_name] [--devicesize devicesize ] [--haproperty (name=value)[:name=value]*] [--autohadb=false] [--portbase port_number] cluster_name
This command is available only in domains that are configured to support clusters, such as domains that are created with the cluster profile.
The create-cluster command creates a new cluster. When created, a cluster must reference a configuration (or, as with an unclustered server instance, a configuration can be implicitly created). Initially the cluster has no server instances, applications, or resources.
If you do not use the --config option, the command creates a standalone cluster with a configuration named cluster_name-config.
If the HADB software is installed, you can create the HADB database associated with the cluster. To create it, specify the HADB hosts option. In addition, optionally specify any other HADB options such as haagentport and devicesize. The created database has the same name as the cluster, and includes all the correct tables.
The cluster must be a standalone cluster in order to successfully associate an HADB database with it. standalone cluster does not share its configuration with another cluster or another standalone instance. A standalone cluster does not share its configuration with another cluster or another standalone instance.
If you prefer to associate the HADB database to the cluster later, use configure-ha-cluster.
To add new instances to the cluster, use the create-instance command with the --cluster option. Use the stop-instance and delete-instance commands to delete server instances from the cluster at any time.
To associate new applications and resources with the cluster regardless of the number of instances in the cluster, perform any of the following operations:
Use the deploy command with the option --target cluster_name.
Use resource-creation commands (for example, create-jdbc-resource) with the option --target cluster_name.
Use reference management commands (for example, create-application-ref or create-resource-ref) if the application is already deployed in other targets or the resource is already created in other targets.
This command is supported in remote mode only.
Indicates that any output data must be very concise, typically avoiding human-friendly sentences and favoring well-formatted data for consumption by a script. Default is false.
Setting to true will echo the command line statement on the standard output. Default is false.
If set to true (default), only the required password options are prompted.
The machine name where the domain administration server is running. The default value is localhost.
The HTTP/S port for administration. This is the port to which you should point your browser in order to manage the domain. For example, http://localhost:4848.
The default port number is 4848.
If set to true, uses SSL/TLS to communicate with the domain administration server.
The authorized domain administration server administrative username.
If you have authenticated to a domain using the asadmin login command, then you need not specify the --user option on subsequent operations to this particular domain.
The --passwordfile option specifies the name, including the full path, of a file containing the password entries in a specific format. The entry for the password must have the AS_ADMIN_ prefix followed by the password name in uppercase letters.
For example, to specify the domain administration server password, use an entry with the following format: AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password, where password is the actual administrator password. Other passwords that can be specified include AS_ADMIN_MAPPEDPASSWORD, AS_ADMIN_USERPASSWORD, and AS_ADMIN_ALIASPASSWORD.
All remote commands must specify the admin password to authenticate to the domain administration server, either through --passwordfile or asadmin login, or interactively on the command prompt. The asadmin login command can be used only to specify the admin password. For other passwords, that must be specified for remote commands, use the --passwordfile or enter them at the command prompt.
If you have authenticated to a domain using the asadmin login command, then you need not specify the admin password through the --passwordfile option on subsequent operations to this particular domain. However, this is applicable only to AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD option. You will still need to provide the other passwords, for example, AS_ADMIN_USERPASSWORD, as and when required by individual commands, such as update-file-user.
For security reasons, passwords specified as an environment variable will not be read by asadmin.
The default value for AS_ADMIN_MASTERPASSWORD is changeit.
Displays the help text for the command.
Creates a shared cluster. The specified configuration name must exist and must not be default-config (the standalone cluster configuration template) or a standalone configuration (including server-config). If this option is omitted, a standalone cluster is created.
Defines system properties for the configuration created for by the cluster. These properties override the property values in the default-config configuration. The following properties are available:
This property specifies the port number for http-listener-1. Valid values are 1–65535. On UNIX, creating sockets that listen on ports 1–1024 requires superuser privileges.
This property specifies the port number for http-listener-2. Valid values are 1–65535. On UNIX, creating sockets that listen on ports 1–1024 requires superuser privileges.
This property specifies which ORB listener port for IIOP connections orb-listener-1 listens on.
This property specifies which ORB listener port for IIOP connections the IIOP listener called SSL listens on.
This property specifies which ORB listener port for IIOP connections the IIOP listener called SSL_MUTUALAUTH listens on.
This property specifies the port number on which the JMX connector listens. Valid values are 1–65535. On UNIX, creating sockets that listen on ports 1–1024 requires superuser privileges.
This option is valid only if the HADB software is installed. A list of comma-separated host names where the HADB instance is configured. The number of hosts must be greater than 1 and must be an even number. The same host names can be repeated. Use fully-qualified hostnames when specifying the hostlist interfaces explicitly for hosts with multiple network interfaces.
This option is valid only if the HADB software is installed. The number of the HA agent port. The default is 1862.
This option is valid only if the HADB software is installed. The HA administrator's password. If not specified, the Domain Administration Server password is used.
This option is valid only if the HADB software is installed. The file containing the high-availability password associated with the administrative instance. The password is defined in the following form:
HADBM_ADMINPASSWORD=password HADBM_DBPASSWORD=password HADBM_SYSTEMPASSWORD=password
Where password is the actual HA administrator password for the domain. If the HA administrator password is not specified, the Domain Administration Server password is used.
This option is valid only if the HADB software is installed. Configure the device size for use with HADB. The value is in megabytes (Mbytes). The valid range is between 64 Mbytes and 8,000+ gigabytes (GBytes).
This option is valid only if the HADB software is installed. The high-availability property name/value pairs separated by a colon.
This option is valid only if the HADB software is installed. If set to true, the HADB database associated with the cluster is automatically started, stopped, or deleted if you start, stop, or delete the cluster. The default is false. To override this setting, use the hadboverride option in start-cluster, stop-cluster, or delete-cluster.
This option is valid only if the HADB software is installed. The starting port number for the HADB server. Default is 15200. Valid values are between 10000 and 63000.
The following command creates a cluster named MyCluster, overriding the default configuration's SSL port value. Because the --config option is not specified, the command makes a copy of the default-config and names it MyCluster-config.
asadmin> create-cluster --user admin1 --passwordfile passwords.txt --systemproperties IIOP_SSL_LISTENER_PORT=1169 MyCluster Command create-cluster executed successfully. |
This example requires the HADB software and a domain that is created with theenterprise profile.
The following command creates an HADB database on hosts host1 and host2 while creating the cluster cluster1:
asadmin> create-cluster --user admin1 --passwordfile passwords.txt --hosts hos1,host2 cluster1 Command create-cluster executed successfully. |
Name | Synopsis | Description | Options | Operands | Examples | Exit Status | See Also