IPLM High Availability with HAProxy and Neo4j cluster

Learn how to deploy Perforce IPLM and Neo4j in a High Availability (HA) configuration.

As shown below, Perforce IPLM server can be installed in HA mode. HA mode includes multiple instantiations of the server, with a load balancer in front. On the backend, Perforce IPLM uses a single or clustered Neo4J instance.

Perforce IPLM HA architecture

Components

The HA configuration has the following components:

• A single or clustered Neo4J instance.
• A load-balanced or redundant Perforce IPLM deployment. In those configurations, Perforce IPLM server runs on two or more separate physical servers or virtual machines. 
  • The two or more servers have identical configurations, and will talk to the Neo4J (single or clustered) instance directly or through the load balancer. 
  • A load-balancer in front of the Perforce IPLM servers shall either:
    • distribute the load across the origin Perforce IPLM servers
    • failover to a secondary Perforce IPLM server when the primary is out of rotation.

PiServer HA

Prerequisites

These instructions apply to the following software components.

• PiServer 2.35.0 or later releases

  For 2.34.x releases, some manual steps are needed. See below for details. 

• Neo4j Enterprise version 3.5.3 

• HAProxy 1.5+

• JAVA-8 for all the PiServer and Neo4j cluster nodes

• Perforce licenses for each node in the Neo4j cluster

Next steps: 

1. Perforce IPLM High Availability with HAProxy and Neo4j cluster: Installation

2. Perforce IPLM High Availability with HAProxy and Neo4j cluster: Manage and configure Neo4j cluster

3. Perforce IPLM High Availability with HAProxy and Neo4j cluster: Deploy IPLM Server

4. Perforce IPLM High Availability with HAProxy and Neo4j cluster: Deploy HAProxy

5. Perforce IPLM High Availability with HAProxy and Neo4j cluster: Final HA configuration steps and maintenance