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Updated RPC-server (markdown) authored Jun 22, 2013 by Tasos Laskos's avatar Tasos Laskos
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* [Example](#setup-grid-load-balancing-example)
* [Line Aggregation](#setup-grid-line-aggregation)
* [Example](#setup-grid-line-aggregation-example)
* [Mock example](#setup-grid-line-aggregation-mock-example)
* [Security considerations](#security)
* [Help output](#help)
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A grid is a network of interconnected Dispatchers which can be quite useful when
dealing with large workloads.
In order to connect Dispatchers into a Grid you'll need to:
* Specify an IP address or hostname on which the Dispatcher will be accessible
by the rest of the Grid nodes (i.e. other Dispatchers).
* Specify a neighbouring Dispatcher when running a new one.
After that, they will build and maintain their network themselves.
#### <a id="setup-grid-load-balancing" href="#setup-grid-load-balancing">Load balancing</a>
Load balancing is the default operation of the Grid; nomatter which member receives
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#### <a id="setup-grid-line-aggregation" href="#setup-grid-line-aggregation">Line aggregation</a>
In order to connect the Dispatchers into a grid you'll need to:
* Specify an IP address or hostname on which the Dispatcher will be accessible
by the rest of the Grid nodes (i.e. other Dispatchers).
* Specify a neighbouring Dispatcher when running a new one.
* Use different Pipe IDs -- these are used to identify independent bandwidth
lines to the target in order to split the workload in a way that will
aggregate the collective bandwidth.
After that, they will build and maintain their network themselves.
In addition to the default Grid setup requirements, line-aggregation also requires a bandwidth pipe
identifier used to distinguish between the different paths to the target web application.
This allows the system to identify independent bandwidth lines to the target in order to split the
workload in a way that will aggregate the collective bandwidth.
##### <a id="setup-grid-line-aggregation-example" href="#setup-grid-line-aggregation-example">Example</a>
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arachni_rpcd --pipe-id="Pipe 3" --nickname="My third Dispatcher" --address=192.168.0.3 --neighbour=192.168.0.2:7331
arachni_rpcd --pipe-id="Pipe 4" --nickname="My fourth Dispatcher" --address=192.168.0.4 --neighbour=192.168.0.3:7331
##### <a id="setup-grid-line-aggregation-mock-example" href="#setup-grid-line-aggregation-mock-example">Mock example</a>
The above setup assumes that each Dispatcher is on a machine with independent bandwidth lines
(to the target website at least). If you want to, out of curiosity, start a few Dispatchers on
`localhost` you will need to specify unique port numbers for them:
arachni_rpcd --pipe-id="Pipe 1" --nickname="My Dispatcher"
arachni_rpcd --pipe-id="Pipe 2" --nickname="My second Dispatcher" --port=1111 --neighbour=localhost:7331
arachni_rpcd --pipe-id="Pipe 3" --nickname="My third Dispatcher" --port=2222 --neighbour=localhost:1111
### <a id="security" href="#security">Security considerations</a>
**This is very important, you should read it thoroughly.**
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