infoRouter Forum

Hi,

I was wondering if infoRouter can successfully exist in a load balanced enviroment e.g. dns round robin or cluster setup.

Is there any specific information on load balancing infoRouter ??

Cheers

Tony M

Hello Tony,

Yes. infoRouter can indeed exist in load balanced cluster environments. In addition to the cluster scenario, you may decide to install multiple instances of infoRouter to achieve load balancing.

Here is how:
You can install multiple infoRouter server components across multiple machines. Each instance of infoRouter must be configured to point to the same common warehouse and DB.
The next step is to configure the application directory on each instance (web.config application path setting) to point to a common application directory.

This is needed because infoRouter stores portals and other information such as custom search screens etc. in the application path.

The application URL (site directory) can be replicated across the different machines (IIS) to achieve the load balancing.

A common scenario for this is when you have a bunch of users inside the firewall accessing infoRouter, but you also have outside traffic you need to support using SSL.
Installing two instances of infoRouter both pointing to the same warehouse and DB takes care of this.
All you have to do is install a certificate to the server outside the firewall so it runs in HTTPS mode while your users on the inside access the safe (internal) server.

I hope this makes sense.