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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 or <server-ip>:8251 on Windows and 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.

Clustered Cache added to bridge Web

  • On the new page opened, go to the Bridge Nodes section. Click on the Add Bridge Node Web 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.

Bridge Node to be added

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

Remove a Bridge Node

  • Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 or <server-ip>:8251 on Windows and 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.

Clustered Cache added to bridge Web

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

List of Bridge nodes

  • Click on the Remove the bridge node 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 or <server-ip>:8251 on Windows and 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.

Start Bridge Web Manager list

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

Start Bridge Web Manager

  • Click on the Start Bridge Web Manager toolbar 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 or <server-ip>:8251 on Windows and 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.

Stop Bridge Web Manager list

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

Start Bridge Web Manager.

  • Method 2: Click on the Stop Bridge Web Manager toolbar 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 or <server-ip>:8251 on Windows and 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.

Stop Bridge Web Manager list

  • Click on the Restart Bridge Web Manager toolbar 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 or <server-ip>:8251 on Windows and 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.

Remove Bridge Web Manager

  • 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.

Remove Bridge Web Manager Confirmation

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 or <server-ip>:8251 on Windows and 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.

Clustered Cache added to bridge Web

  • 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.

Start Bridge Service Web Manager

  • 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 or <server-ip>:8251 on Windows and 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.

Clustered Cache added to bridge Web

  • 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.

Start Bridge Service Web Manager

  • 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 or <server-ip>:8251 on Windows and 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.

Clustered Cache added to bridge Web

  • 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.

Start Bridge Service Web Manager

  • 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

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