Installing a Qlik Replicate Endpoint Server on a Windows Cluster

SwathiPulagam — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:32:08 GMT

The currently published User's Guide for installing Qlik Replicate is incomplete. Below is a more complete installation guide for a Qlik Replicate 2021.5 and 2021.11 installation.

Documentation reference: Step 1: Install Qlik Replicate in the cluster

Environment:

2021.5 and 2021.11

Make sure the Windows Cluster is already configured and the role is set up with a cluster disk (this is used for the Qlik Replicate data folder).

Step 1: Install Qlik Replicate in the cluster

Run the Qlik Replicate setup wizard on the first node that is part of your cluster. Install Qlik Replicate program to a local folder. The default is:

C:\Program Files\Attunity\Replicate

In the setup wizard, specify a shared storage location for the "data" folder; for example:

F:\Program Files\Attunity\Replicate\data

For more information, see Setting up Qlik Replicate on Windows (page 36 in the user guide).
Once the installation is complete on the first Node, stop the Attunity Replicate Server and Qlik UI server services from Windows service on the first node.
Open a command prompt as an administrator and change the working directory to the Replicate bin directory. Then run the following two commands, where Command 1 should only be run on the first

On the Cluster node:

Where: replicate_data_folder is the shared storage location of the Replicate data folder defined earlier (e.g. F:\Program Files\Attunity\Replicate\data), new_master_key is the new master key, and new_master_user_key is the new master user key.

Command 1:
repctl -d "replicate_data_folder" setmasterkey new_master_key master_key_scope=1

Run Command 2:
RepUiCtl -d "replicate_data_folder" masterukey set -p new_master_user_key

Example:
C:\Program Files\~\replicate\bin>repctl -d "F:\Program Files\Attunity\Replicate\data" setmasterkey new_master_key master_key_scope=1
Now, from Windows Cluster Manager, move your cluster to the next cluster node and install Qlik Replicate as described in Steps 1-2
Open a command prompt as an administrator and change the working directory to the Replicate bin directory. Then run:

Command 2:
C:\Program Files\~\replicate\bin>RepUiCtl -d "F:\Program Files\Attunity\Replicate\data" masterukey set -p new_master_user_key
After Replicate is installed on all nodes, edit the ServiceConfiguration.xml file in the "data" folder : example "F:\Program Files\Attunity\Replicate\data" and change the Https:// and Http:// entries to use the Cluster Client Access Point name (Server Name) or the Cluster IP address.

Step 2: Add the Qlik Replicate services (same as user guide)

Step 2: Add the Qlik Replicate services

Step 3: Define the dependencies for each service (same as user guide)

Step 3: Define the dependencies for each service

Once you login to the Replicate console and register your license, you’re going to have a message error about endpoint server. Proceed to Step 4.

Step 4: Correct the Endpoint Server issue.

Starting with the last node on which you installed Qlik Replicate.