Adding worker nodes - AWS Elemental Conductor Live
Step A: Add worker nodes to the clusterStep B: Add worker nodes to redundancy groupsStep C: Add node assignments

Adding worker nodes

Step A: Add worker nodes to the cluster

  1. On the web interface for the primary Conductor node, choose the Cluster page, then choose Nodes.

  2. On the Nodes page, choose Add Node.

  3. In the Add Nodes to Cluster dialog, do one of the following:

    • In Node IP Address/s, enter the IP address or range of IP addresses for multiple nodes and choose Add.

    • If your network has a DNS server, search for the node by its hostname:

      1. In Lookup Node IP Address, enter the hostname of the node that you're adding. You set the hostname during installation of the node.

      2. Choose the search icon.

      3. When Conductor Live displays the IP address that corresponds to the hostname, choose the plus sign beside the address to add it to the Node IP address list.

      4. Choose Add.

  4. Still in the Add Nodes to Cluster dialog, add each node that will be a part of the cluster.

  5. Verify that the nodes have been added to the list on the Nodes page and the correct information is shown:

    • The Status is Online.

    • The Elemental Product is the correct type of node, either Conductor Live or a worker.

  6. If any worker nodes contain SDI cards, import the devices so that the Conductor node knows about them. Do the following:

    1. Still on the primary Conductor, go to Nodes page and find the first worker node that has an SDI card, Beside that node, choose the downward triangle and select Import Devices.

      Conductor Live detects the device and adds the device's configuration to the Conductor Live database.

    2. Repeat for every worker node that has an SDI card.

    If you don't import the devices, they won't appear in the Conductor Live web interface. You won't be able to specify these devices as video sources in a channel.

Step B: Add worker nodes to redundancy groups

  1. On the web interface for the primary Conductor node, choose the Cluster page, then choose Redundancy. In the navigation bar, choose the Elemental Live redundancy group.

  2. On the Active Nodes tab, choose Add to Active. In the Nodes field, select the nodes to add to the group.

  3. Choose Add.

  4. On the Backup Nodes tab, choose Add to Backup Nodes. In the Nodes field, select the nodes to add to the group. Make sure that you add nodes in order, starting with the reserve node with the highest priority.

  5. Choose Add.

  6. If you have multiple Elemental Live redundancy groups, repeat this procedure on each group.

Step C: Add node assignments

To assign channels back to a node, use the list of channel assignments that you created for the node.

  1. On the web interface for the primary Conductor node, display the Channels page, then choose Tasks, then choose Change channel node assignments.

  2. Select the channels that should all be assigned to one node, according to your list. Choose Next.

  3. On the Select a new node page, in New Node, choose the node for these channel.

  4. Choose Next, then choose Process Now.