Replication Settings

Open a web browser, select the Intranet Master server and log on as an administrator. Select Administrator > Site configuration > Replication Settings and the Replication settings page will be displayed:

The Replication settings page comprises the following controls:

Control

Function

Server mode: A compulsory control. Determines the server type - options are defines in the table below. For the master server, select Master mode.
Slave Server identifier: A unique identifier for this server - every server identifier must be unique.
Maximum re-tests: To test connectivity with the master server, a slave writes data to the master and then reads locally. Enter a value for the maximum number of times the slave will repeat this test during a replication check.
Re-test delay: Enter a value in seconds to wait before re-checking connectivity after a failed test. Note that a longer delay may cause the cron to fail.
Theme configuration: Click to expand the themes to be used in normal and recovery mode. These controls are defined later in this topic.
HTTP replication settings: Click to expand the parameters to be used for HTTP replication. These controls are defined later in this topic.
When the above controls have been set, click this button to save the settings.
This button resets the values of all the above controls to default values -this includes Theme Configuration and HTTP replication settings.

The Server mode control is used to set the server type and has the following three options:

Option

Function

Single server The default option. If you are running in a single-server environment, select this option.
Master mode Select this option for the designated master server in a multi-server environment.
Replication slave Select this option for a designated slave server in a multi-server environment.

Theme configuration

Themes are the style of the text etc. used when the master server is operating in normal or safe mode. These values are set by expanding the Theme configuration control on the Replication settings page (see above).

Control

Function

Regular theme: The theme to be used when the master server and therefore replication is running normally. Select from the drop-down list of options.
Recovery theme: The theme to be used when the master server is unavailable and therefore replication is not running.  Select from the drop-down list of options.

HTTP replication settings

The HTTP replication settings are used to configure the parameters required to set replication bandwidth along with the default port to be used for replication and the URL of the master server. These values are set by expanding the HTTP replication settings control on the Replication settings page (see above).

Control

Function

Master URL: Only required for a slave server.  Specify the master server URL - including the leading http:// or https:// etc. (DO NOT include a trailing slash).
Replication Port: Leave this field blank for the default port (80 for http and 443 for https transfers) - otherwise, specify the port to be used.
Replication connection timeout: The maximum time (in seconds) allowed to establish the http connection. If a connection cannot be established, the server will re-attempt Maximum re-tests times to establish a connection.
Replication timeout: Specify the minimum data throughput in milliseconds per kilobyte.
Maximum speed: The transfer speed (in kilobits per second) that should not be exceeded during replication.
Maximum number of retries: Not required for the master server. This control sets the maximum number of times a slave server will attempt to replicate a document. This will typically be set to a value between 5 and 10.