Creating an initial cluster configuration file—config.ini
In this recipe, we will discuss the initial configuration required to start a MySQL Cluster. A MySQL Cluster has a global configuration file—config.ini, which resides on all management nodes. This file defines the nodes (processes) that make up the cluster and the parameters that the nodes will use.
Each management node, when it starts, reads the config.ini file to get information on the structure of the cluster and when other nodes (storage and SQL / API) start, they contact the already-running management node to obtain the details of the cluster architecture.
The creation of this global configuration file—config.ini, is the first step in building the cluster and this recipe looks at the ...
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