Jira Data Center Setup

[Siddique Afraaz N]

We are trying to setup a clustered Jira Data Center for Testing an Application
 Is load balancer mandatory even for testing a clustered data center? if so, is there any detailed guide to setup a simple load balancer for no more than two nodes?

[Ravina · Accepted solution]

Hi @Siddique Afraaz N 

Yes, you will need a load balancer to test cluster of data center to confirm if both the nodes data is syncing with each other or not as with the help of load balancer user traffic will get redirected to the nodes in round robin fashion. This way you can able to see if user traffic is getting redirected to all nodes or not.

You can use the simple load balancer like Apache, Nginx or HAproxy to test your data center cluster.

You can install these load balancer either on separate server or any of the Jira node.

Please refer the below example document for setting up the Apache, Ngnix, HAProxy Load balancer

Nginx - https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-set-up-nginx-plus-as-the-load-balancer-for-a-jira-data-center-cluster-640516559.html

Apache - https://gist.github.com/linuxkathirvel/ca20eea88e277809880f1e33511d4aa0

https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-use-apache-as-a-load-balancer-for-confluence-data-center-970602623.html

HAProxy - https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo0905/configuring-the-haproxy-load-balancer-1345819490.html

You can also refer some related document for more details:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/enterprise/jira-data-center-load-balancer-examples-781200827.html

https://confluence.atlassian.com/enterprise/load-balancer-configuration-options-935383760.html

Regards,

Ravina