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To scale the API project to multiple proxies for ease of request handling and load balancing, it may be necessary to deploy the same API Project at multiple Gateways (Proxies). To achieve this objective, Server Groups can be added to a project; adding gateways to a server group will help deploy a project on various environments.
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Managing Server Groups
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This view allows you to add/edit/remove Servers to the API Manager.
Figure 1: Administration section with the Server Groups page displayed
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Refer to the Creating a Server Group for Project Deployments section for instructions on how to add a Server Group. |
Figure 2: Server Groups page with the Servers section that appears after clicking the Add button
Click the Edit icon to add servers to the environment. This displays the following table that shows the available gateway servers, one or more of which can be added to/removed from the environment by using the and buttons:
Figure 3: Server Groups page with Available Servers section that appears after clicking the Edit button
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To remove a server group, select the particular group name and click the Remove button.
Configuring Analytics Database
The Analytics Database Configuration section on the lower-right side of the Server Groups page is used to configure the database which in turn is used to save the Analytics data. The API Management uses PostgreSQL DB Server as the Analytics database where all analytics data being tracked at the proxy are stored and subsequently fetched for processing.
Figure 4: Analytics Database Configuration properties