Overview

Geronimo now has some basic support for SFSB clustering. If you would like to give it a try then here are some instructions.

Create a clustered EJB module.

• SFSBs must implement Serializable even if they are EJB3 SFSBs.
• In the geronimo-openejb DD, include the 'openejb-clustering-wadi' element.

I have done some testing with an OpenEJB example, namely CounterImpl, that you can co from https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openejb/trunk/openejb3/examples/simple-stateful. Note that you need to update CounterImpl so that it implements Serializable.
And here is the geronimo-opejnejb.xml plan I am using:

Deploy clustering EJB Module

Create and start an additional Geronimo Server

• To create another instance, say NODE2, you can execute the following commands from the Geronimo install dir:

  mkdir NODE2
  cp -r var NODE2
  perl -pi -e 's/PortOffset=0/PortOffset=1/' NODE2/var/config/config-substitutions.properties
  perl -pi -e 's/clusterNodeName=NODE/clusterNodeName=NODE2/' NODE2/var/config/config-substitutions.properties

• To start this instance, within gshell type:

  geronimo/start-server -G server.name=NODE2 -b

Test the clustered SFSBs

If you are also using CounterImpl, then you can use this snippet:

To actually trial the clustering:

1. put a breakpoint on the last increment;
2. kill -9 the 'default' Geronimo Server
3. continue your debug session. 3 should be printed.

This is a test demonstrating replication.