Create a cluster from an RPM or TAR file installation

Build a cluster, putting each of the services on its own server or group of servers to serve multiple cluster nodes of .

Number	Task	Description
1	Create the HAProxy server.	Use the HAProxy server to be a load balancer for the nodes in your cluster. See Set up a load balancer with an HAProxy server.
2	Create the PostgreSQL server or cluster.	Establish a PostgreSQL database server or cluster to store information. See Set up an external PostreSQL server.
3	Create the file shares server.	will store all its shared files on the prepared GlusterFS server. You can use NFS or other network file system. Instructions for that are not included in this document. See Set up external file shares using GlusterFS.
4	Install Splunk Enterprise.	will use Splunk Enterprise for searches and collect data for indexing using the HTTP Event Collector. See Set up Splunk Enterprise.
5	Install cluster nodes.	Install using the RPM for privileged installs or tar file method for unprivileged installs. Do this once for each node you need in your cluster. See Install using RPM or Install as an unprivileged user. Make the first node with make_cluster_node.pyc. See Run make_cluster_node.pyc. Make additional nodes.