Configure the Dispatcher

With Dispatcher, you can create a configuration by using the command line, the configuration wizard, or the graphical user interface (GUI).

Note:
The parameter values must be typed in English characters. The only exceptions are parameter values for host names and file names.

Configuring using the command line

If you are using the command line, follow these steps:

  1. Start the dsserver on Dispatcher:

  2. Start the executor function of Dispatcher:
    dscontrol executor start
  3. Add the cluster address to the Dispatcher configuration:
    dscontrol cluster add www.company.com
  4. Add the http protocol port to the Dispatcher configuration:
    dscontrol port add www.company.com:80
  5. Add each of the Web servers to the Dispatcher configuration:
    dscontrol server add www.company.com:80:server2.company.com
    dscontrol server add www.company.com:80:server3.company.com
  6. Configure the workstation to accept traffic for the cluster address:
    dscontrol executor configure www.company.com
  7. Start the manager function of Dispatcher:
    dscontrol manager start

    Dispatcher now does load balancing based on server performance.

  8. Start the advisor function of Dispatcher:
    dscontrol advisor start http 80

    Dispatcher now ensures that client requests are not sent to a failed Web server.

Your basic configuration with locally attached servers is now complete.

Configuring using the configuration wizard

If you are using the configuration wizard, follow these steps:

  1. Start the dsserver on Dispatcher:

  2. Start the wizard function of Dispatcher, dswizard.

The wizard guides you step-by-step through the process of creating a basic configuration for the Dispatcher component. It asks questions about your network and guides you through the setup of a cluster for Dispatcher to load balance the traffic for a group of servers.

The configuration wizard contains the following panels:

Configuring using the graphical user interface (GUI)

To start the GUI, follow these steps:

  1. Ensure that the dsserver process is running:
  2. Next, do one of the following: