Building a cluster

This topic provides at-a-glance summary of high-level tasks required to deploy a data domain cluster hosted in the Endeca Server cluster.

The creation of an Endeca data domain hosted in the Endeca Server cluster assumes two administrative roles:

The following procedure describes the overall process end-to-end, with the assumption that various parts of this process are performed by different administrative roles: Steps 1 - 3 are performed by the administrator responsible for the Endeca Server cluster deployment and management; steps 4 - 5 are performed by the administrator responsible for the creation of data domains hosted in an already provisioned Endeca Server cluster.

To build an Endeca Server cluster:
  1. Install the Endeca Server software on a set of hardware nodes, and deploy an Endeca Server cluster. For information, see the Endeca Server Installation Guide.
  2. Configure the node profile for the Endeca Server nodes. For information, see the section Managing the Endeca Server Cluster in this guide.

    After you set up the node profile, its characteristics will be used by all nodes in the Endeca Server cluster.

  3. Configure one or more data domain profiles. For information, see the section Managing Data Domain Profiles in this guide.

    The data domain profiles you create will be available to the administrator responsible for the data domain cluster configuration — for each new data domain, one of these data domain profiles will be used.

  4. Add a new data domain. For information, see the section Managing Data Domains.
  5. Perform various tasks in the data domain, including loading data into it. For information, see the section Managing Data Domains.