Vertical Clustering : Step by Step

Vertical clustering consists of multiple Java application servers on a single physical machine.


Login to Admin Console


Click on Servers tab on left hand side, New tab on right hand side

Enter name of your managed server, listen address, port, select "Yes, create a new cluster for this server" ( if you haven't created before and want to create ), click next

Enter Name of you cluster and click on finish.

Now Managed Server MS1 create and assigned to cluster Cluster1.


If you want to assign more server to the cluster -


Go to Servers -> select New tab on right hand side

Enter name of your managed server, listen address, port, Select "Yes, make this server a member of an existing cluster" option and in drop down box, select your cluster. click finish.

Now select cluster on left hand side, click on name of cluster on right hand side

Enter cluster address as -

managed_server_1_listenaddress:port;managed_server_2_listenaddress:port;

here it's - MS1:7003;MS2:7004