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Multicast Discovery Plugin
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Multicast Discovery Plugin
editThe Multicast Discovery plugin provides the ability to form a cluster using TCP/IP multicast messages.
Installation
editThis plugin can be installed using the plugin manager:
sudo bin/plugin install discovery-multicast
The plugin must be installed on every node in the cluster, and each node must be restarted after installation.
Removal
editThe plugin can be removed with the following command:
sudo bin/plugin remove discovery-multicast
The node must be stopped before removing the plugin.