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Creating node

You can create a node.

Do the following:

1. Select Nodes on the QMC start page or from the StartS drop-down menu to display the overview.

2. Click PCreate new in the action bar.

3. Fill out the properties.

   Tip note You can display or hide property groups using the panel to the far right.
   Identification

   The Identification property group contains the basic node properties in the Qlik Sense system.

   All fields are mandatory and must not be empty.

   Property	Description
   Name	The node name.
   Host name	The host name. You cannot edit the host name after the creation of the node.

   Node purpose

   The Node purpose property group contains the basic node properties in the Qlik Sense system.

   Property	Description
   Node purpose	Use the drop-down to select which environment the node is intended for: Production, Development, or Both.

   This setting is defined in the QMC on each node that is added, and the effects are as follows:

   • Production: this server is intended to support users to access apps but not create them. This means that when a user connects to this node, the buttons in the Hub to create apps and the My Work section are not displayed to the user.
   • Development: this server is intended to allow users to create apps but not serve the normal user traffic for users consuming published apps. In this case, the create and edit capabilities are enabled, but the server will not be considered when load balancing user traffic.

   • Both: this setting allows both activities to occur on the node. This means that both normal user traffic is handled and users can create apps.
   Services activation

   Select which services to include. If a service is not installed when trying to activate, the properties will be applied when the installation is complete.

   Property	Description
   Repository	The Qlik Sense Repository Service (QRS) is always included.
   Engine	The Qlik Sense Engine Service (QES).
   Proxy	The Qlik Sense Proxy Service (QPS).
   Scheduler	The Qlik Sense Scheduler Service (QSS).

   Tags

   The Tags property group contains the available QMC tags in the Qlik Sense system.

   Property	Description
   Tags	Tip noteIf no QMC tags are available, this property group is empty. Connected QMC tags are displayed under the text box.

   Custom properties

   The Custom properties property group contains the custom properties in the Qlik Sense system. When a custom property has been activated for a resource, you can use the drop-down to select a custom property value.

   Property	Description
   Custom properties	If no custom properties are available, this property group is not displayed at all (or displayed but empty) and you must make a custom property available for this resource type before it will be displayed here.

   Click Apply to save your changes. If a mandatory field is empty, Apply is disabled.

4. Click Apply in the action bar to create and save the node.

   Successfully added is displayed at the bottom of the page and a dialog with your authorization password appears.

   If you typed the Host name incorrectly the message Node registration failed appears.

   Information noteYou cannot edit the host name after the node has been created. Create a new node and type the correct host name.

5. Copy the authorization password and follow the instruction in the dialog to authorize the certificate on the host name machine.

   If successful, the Certificate setup dialog displays The service was successfully unlocked.

6. Restart the services that you installed on the new node.

You have now created a new node and authorized the certificate to make the node operational.

Load balancing

You can use load balancing to get a more even distribution of the work load between different nodes. On the central node, load balancing is automatically added to the virtual proxy, but on all other nodes you need to configure the virtual proxy with load balancing. If you create a new virtual proxy, you must configure it by adding load balancing and selecting which nodes that the virtual proxy can forward work to.