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Cluster Configuration Files and Troubleshooting

When you use the cluster configuration service in Geode, you can examine the generated configuration. The gfsh export cluster-configuration command outputs configured properties, the configuration on a per-group basis or for the entire cluster, and the list of deployed JAR files.

If the output is written to either a ZIP file or an XML file, you can import this configuration to a new cluster. See Exporting and Importing Cluster Configurations.

Upon the deploy of a JAR file, the JAR file is added to a created directory called cluster_config within the locator's directory of files. Within cluster_config will be another directory named for the member group that has the configuration. For configurations that apply to all members of a cluster, the directory is named either cluster or the name specified when starting up the locator with the --cluster-config-dir option.

Troubleshooting Tips​

  • When you start a locator using gfsh, you should see the following message:

    Cluster configuration service is up and running.

    If you do not see this message, there may be a problem with the cluster configuration service. Use the status cluster-config-service command to check the status of the cluster configuration.

    • If the command returns RUNNING, the cluster configuration is running normally.
    • If the command returns WAITING, run the status locator command. The output of this command returns the cause of the WAITING status.

  • When using a cache.xml file for configuration, there is a specific order to the application of the configuration in these files. Geode applies the cluster-wide configuration files first. Group-level configurations follow. Last will be the configuration in a member's own configuration files (cache.xml and gemfire.properties files).

  • If a server start fails with the following exception: ClusterConfigurationNotAvailableException, the cluster configuration service may not be in the RUNNING state. Because the server requests the cluster configuration from the locator, which is not available, the start server command fails.

  • You can determine what configurations a server received from a locator by examining the server's log file. See Logging.

  • If a start server command specifies a cache.xml file that conflicts with the existing cluster configuration, the server startup may fail.

  • If a gfsh command fails because the cluster configuration cannot be saved, the following message displays:

    Failed to persist the configuration changes due to this command, 
    Revert the command to maintain consistency. Please use "status cluster-config-service" 
    to determine whether Cluster configuration service is RUNNING."

  • There are some types of configurations that cannot be made using gfsh. See gfsh Limitations.