How to bind JGroups Channels to a particular network interface in JBoss EAP

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Issue

  • How to bind JGroups Channels to a particular network interface in JBoss EAP? For example, force the replication traffic to use a dedicated (cross-linked) interface between the engines.
  • How to setup two nodes in cluster using jgroup subsystem with TCP, where bind address and jgroup bind address are different?
  • How can I set up and use a particular IP address for session replication across the cluster servers in JBoss EAP 6?
  • How does one configure JBoss to pass JGroups/cluster traffic through a certain interface?
  • Is it OK to bind JGroups to a different network interface?
  • Is it supported to bind JGroups to a different NIC?
  • server.log entry similar to
WARN  [org.jgroups.protocols.UDP] (<server>,0.0.0.0:50657) discarded message from different group "<group 1>" (our group is "<group2>"). Sender was 0.0.0.0:55336

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 4.x
    • 5.x
    • 6.x
    • 7.x

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