2Host Names; 3Connecting The Cluster - CheckMK rack1 Mark III Manual

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Once you have successfully completed all configuration steps, make the settings effective by clicking
on Activate changes. The new network settings will then be loaded. After few seconds, the network
configuration will look like this:
Now, with the appropriate settings, repeat the configuration of network settings on your second device
also.
13.3.2 Host names
Devices to be connected in a cluster must have different host names. You can specify these now in the
device settings. In our example, we configure node1 as a host name on the first device and node2 on the
second device.
13.3.3 Connecting the cluster
Having completed preparations, you can now continue setting up the cluster. To do this, open the
Clustering module in the main menu of the first device (here node1) in the web interface and click on
Manually set up cluster.
Now enter the appropriate configuration in the cluster creation dialogue and confirm the dialogue with
Save. If you require more information about this dialogue, click on the icon beside the MK logo in the
top right-hand corner. Context help will then appear in the dialogue explaining the individual options.
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