Download Hybrid Cloud Application Architecture for Elastic Java

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introducing the Hybrid Cloud Application Architecture
Implementation notes .............................................................................................................. 1
Revision history ......................................................................................................................... 2
Configuration example ............................................................................................................ 2
Hardware, software and infrastructure components ................................................................ 4
Hardware and software components .................................................................................. 4
Infrastructure components ..................................................................................................... 5
Additional components and recommendations ................................................................. 6
Configuring the infrastructure
Configuring NTP and DNS ..................................................................................................... 7
Configuring the databases ....................................................................................................... 7
Configuring management ........................................................................................................ 8
Configuring the vSphere and physical networks ............................................................. 10
Configuring security ............................................................................................................... 10
Configuring the vCloud Director ........................................................................................ 10
Configuring the BIG-IP LTM
Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................ 12
Configuring the physical BIG-IP LTM in the private cloud ............................................ 12
Deploying the BIG-IP LTM as a vApp in the public cloud ............................................. 19
Configuring the BIG-IP LTM for the vFabric SQLFire locator and WAN gateway
services ...................................................................................................................................... 27
Configuring the WAN emulator
Configuring vFabric SQLFire
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Configuring vFabric SQLFire locator nodes ..................................................................... 33
Installing and configuring vFabric SQLFire and the application in the private cloud 33
Configuring the BIG-IP GTM
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Configuring the BIG-IP GTM from the command line ................................................... 36
Configure the GTM for the application ............................................................................. 36
Uploading your application as a vApp to the public cloud
Appendix A: Orchestration
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Appendix B: vFabric SQLFire scripts
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Appendix C: Configuring the BIG-IP LTM to offload SSL
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