[ixpmanager] Distributed Setup

[Bernhard Hahn]

Hi,

Am 13.08.2014 um 20:36 schrieb Barry O'Donovan:
> 
> We use different servers as follows:
> 
>  - dedicated database server for MySQL;
>  - 'monitoring server' which runs mrtg for port graphs, Nagios,
> Smokeping. This also has a second installation of IXP Manager for
> running various CLI cron jobs;
>

does it have to be synced with the other instance in some way or does it
just work connecting to the same mysql database?

> 
> A lot of the documentation listed under http://git.io/Os7JSA mentions
> the possibility of different servers.
> 

for example the mandatory smokeping pid file path made me wonder how to
split up smokeping and IXPM -> solving that by a separate instance seems
to be a working solution.

Regards
Bernhard

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