Server setup and network configuration

All the servers are installed with the Ubuntu server operating system (64-bit LTS version 14.04). You'll need to configure three networks, which are as follows:

  • Public network: The proxy server connects to this network. This network provides public access to the API endpoints within the proxy server.
  • Storage network: This is a private network and it is not accessible to the outside world. All the storage servers and the proxy server will connect to this network. Communication between the proxy server and the storage servers and communication between the storage servers take place within this network. In our configuration, the IP addresses assigned in this network are 172.168.10.0 and 172.168.10.99.
  • Replication ...

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