Starting and stopping the DCE cluster and its nodes

Start the cluster

To start a cluster, you need to follow these steps in order:

1. Start the search nodes.
2. Start the application nodes.

Stop the cluster

To stop a cluster, you need to follow these steps in order:

1. Stop the application nodes.
2. Stop the search nodes.

Start or stop a node

You can start or stop a single node in the same way as starting and stopping an instance using a single server. By default, it's a graceful shutdown where no new analysis report processing can start, but the tasks in progress are allowed to finish.

Related pages

• Cluster topology
• Data Center Edition installation requirements
• Pre-installation steps
• Installing DCE from the ZIP file
• Installing DCE on Kubernetes or Openshift
• Configuring network security features:
  • Securing SonarQube behind a proxy
  • Configuring Elasticsearch security features
  • Configuring network rules