Tutorial 5: Configure PowerServer Cluster

(Note: This chapter is applicable for both PowerServer Web and PowerServer Mobile, although it's listed in the PowerServer Mobile Tutorials document.)

Appeon provides its own tools and plug-ins to configure a PowerServer cluster and implement the load balancing and failover functionalities. A PowerServer cluster is essentially a group of application servers, each with PowerServer installed.

Following are high-level steps for configuring a PowerServer cluster. For detailed instructions, you may need to go through the documents and sections as specified below.

  1. Task 1: Get to understand the architecture of a PowerServer cluster.

  2. Task 2: Install PowerServer to multiple application servers.

  3. Task 3: Create the PowerServer cluster in AEM.

  4. Task 4: Configure the Web server for the PowerServer cluster.

  5. Task 5: Install an Appeon application to the PowerServer cluster and Web server(s).