Deploying and Running vFabric GemFire

Deploying and Running vFabric GemFire describes how to deploy your production system, and manage startup and shutdown.

• Deploying vFabric GemFire Configuration Files
  You can deploy your vFabric GemFire configuration files in your system directory structure or in jar files. You determine how you want to deploy your configuration files and set them up accordingly.
• Managing vFabric GemFire System Output Files
  GemFire output files are optional and can become quite large. Work with your system administrator to determine where to place them to avoid interfering with other system activities.
• Starting Up and Shutting Down Your System
  Determine the proper startup and shutdown procedures and write your startup and shutdown scripts.
• Using the GemFire SHell (gfsh)
  vFabric GemFire gfsh (pronounced "gee-fish") provides a single, powerful command-line interface from which you can launch, manage, and monitor vFabric GemFire processes, data, and applications.
• vFabric GemFire Locator Process
  The locator is a vFabric GemFire process that tells new, connecting members where running members are located and provides load balancing for server use.
• vFabric GemFire Servers
  A GemFire server is a vFabric GemFire process that runs as a long-lived, configurable member of a distributed system.
• Using Member Groups
  vFabric GemFire allows you to organize your distributed system members into logical member groups.
• Deploying Application JARs to vFabric GemFire Members
  You can dynamically deploy your application JAR files to specific members or to all members in your distributed system. GemFire automatically keeps track of JAR file versions; autoloads the deployed JAR files to the CLASSPATH; and auto-registers any functions that the JAR contains.
• Firewall Considerations
  You can configure and limit port usage for situations that involve firewalls, for example, between client -server or server-server connections.