Scale-out the Enterprise Connector to another host

For availability (fail-over) reasons you can add another host to the Enterprise Connector deployment. In case one of the Enterprise Connector hosts fails, the Enterprise Connector continues to function by running at the remaining host. Ensure the hosts you use can communicate with each other and have TCP/IP access. Enable access to these ports:

  • hostrouter.https.port
  • bootstrap.port
  • hostrouter.port

To scale-out the enterprise connector to another host:

  1. Another host must be available that complies to the prerequisites for an Enterprise Connector server.

    You are supposed to use the same OS type for each Enterprise Connector, so either Linux or Windows.

    Ensure to install the same JDK version in the same folder as on the original host.

    If you use a different version, you must adjust the jdk.path in the properties file.

    For linux deployment: ensure you create user and group with the same name on the original host. Otherwise you must adjust service.group and service.username in the properties file.

  2. Copy these files to the new host:
    • installer-version.jar
    • grid.install.properties

    The files are located in these folders:

    • Windows: c:\ProgramData\Infor\ION Enterprise Connector\<InstallFolder>\Grid Installer
    • Linux: /var/log/infor/ion enterprise connector/<InstallFolder>/GridInstaller
  3. Specify this information in the grid.install.properties file:
    grid.hostname
    The hostname of the new host
    grid.hostaddress
    The full qualified domain name of the new host.

    You must select a fully qualified domain name that has a static IP address assigned.

    database.password
    The password of the database user defined in database.username.

    Example properties file for Windows:

    #Thu Oct 27 17:19:09 CEST 2016 
  grid.hostname=IONCEHOST
  jdk.path=C\:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_91 
  grid.hostaddress=IONCEHOST.acme.com 
  install.path=C\:\\Program Files\\Infor\\IONEC 
  database.instanceName= 
  database.name=InforIONECGrid 
  database.password=****** 
  database.type=sqlserver 
  database.username=ecruntime 
  service.userType=virtual
  grid.properties.0=grid.internal.featureFlags\=appendBcByDefault\=false

  database.port=1433 
  hostrouter.https.port=28090 
  bootstrap.port=28089 
  database.host=DATABASEHOST 
  database.schema= 
  hostrouter.port=28091
sqlserver.datasource.multiSubnetFailover=false
  4. Go to the new host and run the grid installer with this command:.
    java –jar installer-version.jar grid.install.properties