Distributed HA cluster environment

This page describes the Distributed HA cluster environment.

The Distributed HA environment uses server clusters for high availability and high performance.

Diagram of a distributed HA cluster environment

Distributed HA cluster servers

You will need to deploy each of these servers from an OVA file. The recommended server sizing is in the next section.

Some suggested names for the servers are in brackets. You could replace the letter “A” with letters representing a name or location, and you could replace “DC1” with a location value.

Server in PROD

Description

JUMP BOX

(ABQ-A-JUMP)

Secures access to the environment.

API BOX

(ABQ-A-API0
ABQ-A-API1
ABQ-A-API2)

Front-end web servers with

Abiquo UI, load balanced using the public IP address

Entry point for other apps such as reports and remote access.
Abiquo API with HA/load balanced configuration.

DataNode Box

(ABQ-A-DN0
ABQ-A-DN1
ABQ-A-DN2)

This is a HA/load balanced configuration that can be configured in cluster mode. It contains:

Abiquo main, accounting, and monitoring databases
RabbitMQ
Centralized Redis
Zookeeper for API load balancing

RS Box

(ABQ-A-DC1-RS0)

Abiquo Remote Services

Includes a Redis instance for RS

V2V Box

(ABQ-A-DC1-V2V)

Abiquo V2V Services

Monitor Box

(ABQ-A-MON0
ABQ-A-MON1
ABQ-A-MON2)

Monitoring server stores metrics data of virtual resources with HA/load balanced configuration.

Server specifications

This table lists the install sizes of the OVA files for a Distributed HA cluster. This is only a guide to the approximate sizing for a new platform, and you should always check the specific requirements for your environment.

Server in PROD	Number of servers	OVA size

Server in PROD	Number of servers	OVA size
API BOX (ABQ-A-API0 ABQ-A-API1 ABQ-A-API2)	3	2 CPUs 8 GB RAM 64 GB HD
DataNode Box (ABQ-A-DN0 ABQ-A-DN1 ABQ-A-DN2)	3	2 CPUs 8 GB RAM 20 GB HD
RS Box (ABQ-A-DC1-RS0)	1	2 CPUs 8 GB RAM 64 GB HD
V2V Box (ABQ-A-DC1-V2V)	1	2 CPUs 4 GB RAM 256 GB HD (Depending on template conversion requirements. For more details, get in touch with Abiquo Support)
Monitor Box (ABQ-A-MON0 ABQ-A-MON1 ABQ-A-MON2)	3	2 CPUs 8 GB RAM 20 GB HD