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Ignite.NET Standalone Nodes

Overview

An Ignite.NET node can be started within the code of a .NET application by using Ignition.Start() or as a separate process with Apache.Ignite.exe executable located under {apache_ignite_release}\platforms\dotnet\bin folder. Internally Apache.Ignite.exe references Apache.Ignite.Core.dll and uses Ignition.Start() as you would normally do, and can be configured with command line arguments, listed below, by passing them as command line options or setting directly in Apache.Ignite.exe.config file.

Usually, you start server nodes in the standalone mode. An Ignite cluster is a group of server nodes interconnected together in order to provide shared resources like RAM and CPU to your applications.

Configure Standalone Node via Command Line

Below you can see basic Ignite parameters that can be passed as command line arguments when a node is started with Apache.Ignite.exe executable:

Command Line Argument Description

Command Line Argument	Description
`-IgniteHome`	A path to Ignite installation directory (if not provided, the `IGNITE_HOME` environment variable is used)
`-ConfigFileName`	A path to the app.config file (if not provided, `Apache.Ignite.exe.config` is used).
`-ConfigSectionName`	The name of the `IgniteConfigurationSection` from a configuration file.
`-SpringConfigUrl`	A path to a Spring configuration file.
`-JvmDllPath`	A path to JVM library `jvm.dll` (if not provided, `JAVA_HOME` environment variable is used).
`-JvmClasspath`	The classpath to pass to JVM started by Ignite.NET internally (use to enlist additional JAR files).
`-SuppressWarnings`	Whether or not to print warnings.
`-J<javaOption>`	Additional JVM options to be used during the initialization of the JVM.
`-Assembly`	Additional .NET assemblies to be loaded.
`-JvmInitialMemoryMB`	Initial Java heap size, in megabytes. Maps to the `-Xms` Java parameter.
`-JvmMaxMemoryMB`	Maximum Java heap size, in megabytes. Maps to the `-Xmx` Java parameter.
`/install`	Installs Ignite Windows service with provided options.
`/uninstall`	Uninstalls Ignite Windows service.

-IgniteHome

A path to Ignite installation directory (if not provided, the IGNITE_HOME environment variable is used)

-ConfigFileName

A path to the app.config file (if not provided, Apache.Ignite.exe.config is used).

-ConfigSectionName

The name of the IgniteConfigurationSection from a configuration file.

-SpringConfigUrl

A path to a Spring configuration file.

-JvmDllPath

A path to JVM library jvm.dll (if not provided, JAVA_HOME environment variable is used).

-JvmClasspath

The classpath to pass to JVM started by Ignite.NET internally (use to enlist additional JAR files).

-SuppressWarnings

Whether or not to print warnings.

-J<javaOption>

Additional JVM options to be used during the initialization of the JVM.

-Assembly

Additional .NET assemblies to be loaded.

-JvmInitialMemoryMB

Initial Java heap size, in megabytes. Maps to the -Xms Java parameter.

-JvmMaxMemoryMB

Maximum Java heap size, in megabytes. Maps to the -Xmx Java parameter.

/install

Installs Ignite Windows service with provided options.

/uninstall

Uninstalls Ignite Windows service.

Apache.Ignite.exe -ConfigFileName=c:\ignite\my-config.xml -ConfigSectionName=igniteConfiguration -Assembly=c:\ignite\my-code.dll -J-Xms1024m -J-Xmx2048m

Configure Standalone Node via XML Files

A standalone node can be configured with app.config XML or Spring XML (or both). Every command line argument, listed above, can also be used in Apache.Ignite.exe.config under appSettings section:

<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="igniteConfiguration" type="Apache.Ignite.Core.IgniteConfigurationSection, Apache.Ignite.Core" />
  </configSections>

  <igniteConfiguration springConfigUrl="c:\ignite\spring.xml">
    <cacheConfiguration name="myCache" cacheMode="Replicated" />
  </igniteConfiguration>

  <appSettings>
    <add key="Ignite.Assembly.1" value="my-assembly.dll"/>
    <add key="Ignite.Assembly.2" value="my-assembly2.dll"/>
    <add key="Ignite.ConfigSectionName" value="igniteConfiguration" />
  </appSettings>
</configuration>

This example defines the igniteConfiguration section and uses it to start Ignite via the Ignite.ConfigSectionName setting. It also references the Spring XML configuration file, whose settings will be added to the specified configuration.

Load User Assemblies

Some Ignite APIs involve remote code execution and require you to load assemblies with your code into Apache.Ignite.exe via -Assembly command line argument or Ignite.Assembly app setting.

The following functionality requires a corresponding assembly to be loaded on all nodes:

ICompute (supports automatic loading, see Remote Assembly Loading)
Scan Queries with filter
Continuous Queries with filter
ICache.Invoke methods
ICache.LoadCache with filter
IServices
IMessaging.RemoteListen
IEvents.RemoteQuery

Note	Missing User Assemblies If a user assembly cannot be located a `Could not load file or assembly 'MyAssembly'` or one of its dependencies exception will be thrown. Note, that it is also necessary to add any dependencies of the user assembly to the list.

Ignite.NET as Windows Service

Apache.Ignite.exe can be installed as a Windows Service so it is started automatically via /install command line argument. All other command line arguments will be preserved and used each time the service starts. Use /uninstall to uninstall the service.

Apache.Ignite.exe /install -J-Xms513m -J-Xmx555m -ConfigSectionName=igniteConfiguration

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