The Identity Applications benefit from higher availability when you run them in a cluster. In addition, they support HTTP session replication and session failover. This means that if a session is in process on a node and that node fails, the session can be resumed on another server in the cluster without intervention.
This section provides instructions for preparing your environment, including a cluster environment, to function with the identity applications. You must complete the steps in this chapter in conjunction with the instructions in one of the following sections:
For more information about the requirements for a cluster environment, see Prerequisites for Installing the Identity Applications in a Cluster Environment and System Requirements for the Identity Applications.