What this book covers
Chapter 1, Cluster Basics and Installation on CentOS 7, reviews the basic principles of clustering and outlines the necessary steps to install a cluster with two CentOS 7 servers.
Chapter 2, Installing Cluster Services and Configuring Network Components, coversetting up and configuring the basic required network infrastructure and clustering services.
Chapter 3, A Closer Look at High Availability, lists the components of a cluster in detail and demonstrates how to approach the split-brain problem by configuring the failover and fencing the cluster as a whole and the quorum of each node individually.
Chapter 4, Real-world Implementations of Clustering, covers how to implement a web server and a database server in your cluster.
Chapter 5, Monitoring the Cluster Health, talks about how to monitor the performance and availability of your cluster.
Chapter 6, Measuring and Increasing Performance, reviews performance tuning techniques for your recently installed high availability cluster.
