Installation
Scalebase installation consists of the following sub-components:
- Load Balancer (LB): the ScaleBase server is the actual database load balancer.
- Management (CM): the ScaleBase management application and API. Both run within a Tomcat instance installed by the ScaleBase installation. The ScaleBase Management installation is performed once, even if you have multiple ScaleBase servers installed.
- Configuration database: ScaleBase stores its configuration in an internal database. This database can be installed together with the GUI on the same machine, or can be installed separately on any remote MySql instance. As part of the installation you need to supply the connection information for ScaleBase configuration schema. (See Prerequisites section for database configuration steps.)
Prerequisites
- ScaleBase installation (both Server and Management) is supported only on LINUX 64 bit OS.
- MySql client (and/or server) should be installed, i.e. you can run mysql from shell prompt.
- ScaleBase configuration database should be created once in a central MySql database accessible by all ScaleBase servers and ScaleBase management application. Execute the following commands in the central MySQL database to create ScaleBase configuration schema:
CREATE DATABASE `scalebaseconfig`;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `scalebaseconfig`.* TO 'scalebase'@'%' identified by 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `scalebaseconfig`.* TO 'scalebase'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
The user name and password will be used by ScaleBase to maintain the configuration.
ScaleBase Software Installation
Execute the following steps on the server machine:
- Transfer
ScaleBase_X_X_XXXX.tar.gzto the/var/tmpdirectory on the machine where ScaleBase components need to be installed. - Unzip
ScaleBase_X_X_XXXX.tar.gzto get the installation files.
cd /var/tmp
gunzip < ScaleBase_X_X_XXXX.tar.gz | tar xvf - - Run the installation script:
cd ./scalebase-install
./InstallMachine.pl [--options]
Note: The installation script performs operations that require root permissions
Where options includes the following:
| Name | Description | Required |
--mode |
Values can be LB (for Scalebase Load Balancer), CM (for Central Management) or ALL (to install both). Default=ALL | No |
--user |
User name for connecting to the ScaleBase configuration database. | Yes |
--password |
Password for connecting to the ScaleBase configuration database. | Yes |
--host |
IP/Host name of the ScaleBase configuration database. | No |
--port |
Port of the ScaleBase configuration database. Default = 3306. |
No |
--configdb |
Name of the schema created for ScaleBase configuration Default=scalebaseconfig | No |
--installConfDB |
This parameter lets skip config DB installation (y/n) configuration Default=Y | No |
--dir |
Scalebase installation directory. Default is ‘/usr’ | No |
Example:
./InstallMachine.pl --mode=ALL --user=scalebase --password=password --port=3306 --host=127.0.0.1 --configdb=scalebaseconfig
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