The system administrator creates, configures, and manages clusters. Specifying a cluster allows a system administrator to rapidly configure and monitor Actuate applications deployed for use by an entity, such as a corporation or corporate division. A cluster consists of one or more computers, or cluster nodes, on which a BIRT iHub instance runs. A node configures itself using a template in acserverconfig.xml, which is located on one node, in a shared configuration directory that all nodes in the cluster access.

In System Console, choose Clusters to perform the following tasks, as shown in Figure 2‑1:

The following sections describe how to perform these tasks.