Installing additional Gateways on Linux

Install additional Gateways on Linux by mounting the NFS directory containing the initial Gateway installation and then create a link in the scripts directory to the Gateway installation script.

Before you begin

Install the initial Gateway node.

About this task

These steps must be executed on each machine that you are adding to the Gateway.

Procedure

1. On the machine on which you want to run the node, mount the NFS directory containing the initial Gateway installation (<gateway\_installation\_directory\>).

2. Start the node manually by executing this command: <gateway_installation_directory>/bin/atom start

3. Optional: For a SysV-style initialization where the node starts automatically at Linux startup, do the following:

   1. Create a link in the /etc/init.d scripts directory to the <gateway\_installation\_directory\>/bin/atom script.

   2. Configure the system to start this script by using existing SysV setup tools.

   note

   The specifics of this step might vary depending on your Linux distribution.

4. After the new node is started, verify that it has joined the Gateway by looking in the <gateway\_installation\_directory/logs/<date\>.container.<machine\_IP\_address\>.log file for a message like this:

   INFO: Started <machine_IP_address> as CloudletAddress <machine_IP_address>:7800, initial cluster view: CloudletAddress <other_machine_IP_address:7800, CloudletAddress <machine_IP_address>:7800, ...