Each computer participating in a multi-machine Chili!Soft ASP configuration (Web servers and ASP Servers) must have identical casp.cnfg and odbc.ini files. As an alternative to installing Chili!Soft ASP on each computer and then manually synchronizing these files, if you are using a shared file system, you can install Chili!Soft ASP once to a location that is shared to all computers in the configuration. Modifications you make to casp.cnfg are then picked up by all of the computers in the installation. To complete this type of configuration, you must also relocate several key system files to the local file system on each computer.
Important Note
If you make any of the changes described in this section--such as to the Chili!Soft configuration files--without prior authorization from Chili!Soft Customer support, you might void your eligibility for technical support.
Notes
- You cannot configure multi-machine Chili!Soft ASP on Linux or Cobalt platforms.
- Multi-threading mode is not available for multi-machine Chili!Soft ASP. You must run Chili!Soft ASP in multi-process mode in this configuration.
To set up multi-machine Chili!Soft ASP using a shared installation, use the following procedure.
To set up a shared installation of multi-machine Chili!Soft ASP
1. Install Chili!Soft ASP on the computer running the Web server to configure for Chili!Soft ASP (even if you do not plan to run the ASP Server on this computer). Do this by following the custom installation instructions for your operating system, as provided in "Installing and Uninstalling Chili!Soft ASP" in "Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring Chili!Soft ASP." When prompted for an installation directory, specify a location on the file system that can be shared among all of the computers in the configuration (for example /pub/opt/casp).
2. In a text editor, open the Chili!Soft ASP configuration file, casp.cnfg. You can find this file in the following location:
/[C-ASP_INSTALLATION_DIRECTORY]/admin/bin
where [C-ASP_INSTALLATION_DIRECTORY] is the directory in which you installed Chili!Soft ASP.
3. In the [machines] section of the casp.cnfg file, change the count attribute to match the number of computers running Chili!Soft ASP, and add the IP address of each computer running the Chili!Soft ASP Server. The following is a sample [machines] section:
[machines]
machine1=200.150.100.1
machine2=200.150.100.2
machine3=200.150.100.3
machine4=200.150.100.4
4. Certain Chili!Soft ASP system files cannot be shared by multiple running Chili!Soft ASP engines, and must be relocated to non-shared files on each computer's local file system. For instructions, see "Relocating the System Files for a Shared Installation" in this chapter.
5. You are now ready to start the ASP Server. To start the ASP Server in multi-machine mode, see "Starting and Stopping Multiple Instances of the ASP Server" in this chapter.
See also:
Setting up Separate Installations of Chili!Soft ASP in this chapter
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