Bridge Management

Note

This feature is only available in NCache Enterprise Edition.

You can manage a bridge using NCache Web Manager. It allows to you to perform different management operations, like add, remove, start/stop a bridge. The following section states how to perform different management operations on a bridge.

Add Bridge Node

• Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 (Windows) or <server-ip>:8251 (Windows + Linux).

• In the left navigation bar, click on Bridge. It will open up a list of pre-existing bridges. From the list select the bridge name and go to View Details.

• On the new page opened, go to the Bridge Nodes section. Click on the button to add a new node.

• Enter the server node ip of the bridge node to be added. And click the + button next to it.

• A new bridge node will be added to the bridge.

Remove a Bridge Node

• Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 (Windows) or <server-ip>:8251 (Windows + Linux).

• In the left navigation bar, click on Bridge. It will open up a list of pre-existing bridges. From the list select the bridge name and go to View Details.

• A list of bridge nodes will be displayed under the Bridge Nodes section. Select the node to be removed by checking the checkbox.

• Click on the button to remove the selected node.

• A success message will prompt on the screen on removal of the node.

Start Bridge

You can start a bridge using the following tools:

Using NCache Web Manager

• Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 (Windows) or <server-ip>:8251 (Windows + Linux).

• In the left navigation bar, click on Bridge. It will open up a list of pre-existing bridges.

• Check the checkbox against the bridge to be started.

• Method 1: Click on the "..." button against the bridge name and select Start.

• Click on the button on the toolbar to start the bridge.

• The icon against the cache servers will change from grey to blue on bridge start.

Using PowerShell

Start-Bridge cmdlet starts a specified bridge on the server.

This command starts bridge demoBridge existing on local server, using port 8260 by default.

Start-Bridge –BridgeId demoBridge

Stop Bridge

You can stop a bridge using the following tools:

Using NCache Web Manager

• Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 (Windows) or <server-ip>:8251 (Windows + Linux).

• In the left navigation bar, click on Bridge. It will open up a list of pre-existing bridges.

• Check the checkbox against the bridge to be stopped.

• Method 1: Click on the "..." button against the bridge name and select Stop.

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• Method 2: Click on the button on the toolbar to stop the bridge.

• The icon against the cache servers will change from blue to grey on successful bridge stop.

Using PowerShell

Stop-Bridge cmdlet stops a specified bridge on the server.

This command stops bridge demoBridge existing on local server, using port 8260 by default.

Stop-Bridge -Name demoBridge

Restart Bridge

• Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 (Windows) or <server-ip>:8251 (Windows + Linux).

• In the left navigation bar, click on Bridge. It will open up a list of pre-existing bridges.

• Check the checkbox against the bridge to be restarted.

• Click on the button on the toolbar to stop the bridge.

Remove Bridge

You can remove a bridge using the following steps:

• Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 (Windows) or <server-ip>:8251 (Windows + Linux).

• In the left navigation bar, click on Bridges. This opens up a new page. The page shows any existing bridges and additional details like Server and Server Platform.

• In the Bridges window, check the box against the bridge name to remove and click Remove.

• You will be prompted to confirm if you want to unregister the bridge as well. Clicking Yes will unregister the bridge, clicking No will only remove the bridge from the Web Manager view.

Start Bridge Service

You can start the bridge service on a bridge node using the following steps:

• Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 (Windows) or <server-ip>:8251 (Windows + Linux).

• In the left navigation bar, click on Bridge. It will open up a list of pre-existing bridges. From the list select the bridge name and go to View Details.

• Go to the Bridge Nodes section on the newly opened page and check the box against the bridge node on which service is to be started.

• Click on Start Bridge Service and the service will be started successfully.

Stop Bridge Service

You can stop the bridge service on a server node using the following steps:

• Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 (Windows) or <server-ip>:8251 (Windows + Linux).

• In the left navigation bar, click on Bridge. It will open up a list of pre-existing bridges. From the list select the bridge name and go to View Details.

• Go to the Bridge Nodes section on the newly opened page and check the box against the bridge node on which service is to be stopped.

• Click on Stop Bridge Service and the service will be stopped successfully.

Restart Bridge Service

Bridge service can be restarted (stop and then restart) a bridge node using the following steps:

• Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 (Windows) or <server-ip>:8251 (Windows + Linux).

• In the left navigation bar, click on Bridge. It will open up a list of pre-existing bridges. From the list select the bridge name and go to View Details.

• Go to the Bridge Nodes section on the newly opened page and check the box against the bridge node on which service is to be restarted.

• Click on Restart Bridge Service and the service will be restarted successfully.

See Also

Create Bridge
Configure Bridge Settings
Configure Conflict Resolver
Remove Cache from Bridge