Initialize Slave Servers

Follow the instructions below to configure PDI to work with Carte slave servers.

1. Open a transformation.

2. In the Explorer View in the PDI client(Spoon), select the Slave tab.

3. Select the New button.

   The Slave Server dialog window appears.

4. In the Slave Server dialog window, enter the appropriate connection information for the Pentaho (or Carte) slave server.

   Option	Description
   Server name	The name of the slave server.
   Hostname or IP address	The address of the device to be used as a slave.
   Port (empty is port 80)	Defines the port you are for communicating with the remote server. If you leave the port blank, 80 is used.
   Web App Name (required for Pentaho Server)	Leave this blank if you are setting up a Carte server. This field is used for connecting to the Pentaho server.
   User name	Enter the user name for accessing the remote server.
   Password	Enter the password for accessing the remote server.
   Is the master	Enables this server as the master server in any clustered executions of the transformation.

   Note: When executing a transformation or job in a clustered environment, you should have one server set up as the master and all remaining servers in the cluster as slaves.

   Below are the proxy tab options:

   Option	Description
   Proxy server hostname	Sets the host name for the proxy server you are using.
   The proxy server port	Sets the port number used for communicating with the proxy.
   Ignore proxy for hosts: regexp | separated	Specify the server(s) for which the proxy should not be active. This option supports specifying multiple servers using regular expressions. You can also add multiple servers and expressions separated by the ' | ' character.

5. Click OK to exit the dialog box. Notice that a plus sign (+) appears next to Slave Serverin the Explorer View.