Installing A New Instance Of Axon Server

After logging in to AxonIQ Console and selecting an Environment in one of your Workspaces, you will be presented with the AxonIQ Console dashboard, which contains a tab to show the information from your Axon Server Cluster. Click on that last tab to access the Axon Server panel.

If you have never set up or run Axon Server before, then the panel will show you a summary of the various options you have for running Axon Server and connecting it to AxonIQ Console

Screenshot of the Axon Server Cluster tab from the AxonIQ Console dashboard, which shows the different tiers and options for running Axon Server and connecting it to AxonIQ Console.

Setting up your local Axon Server to connect to AxonIQ Console

To set up a new instance node or cluster of Axon Server, click the blue button on the left side of the screen titled “How Can I Install Axon Server?”. The tab content will now display various options for running your Axon Server instance or cluster.

A screenshot of a pop-up window in the AxonIQ Console dashboard showing the installation instructions for adding a new Axon Server instance.

Depending on your preferred method of running Axon Server, click on the blue button and the page will provide the information you need to quickly get a new instance of Axon Server up and running.

Follow the steps and configure your Axon Server instance or cluster according to the instructions. When you are finshed, launch your local Axon Server instance or cluster.

Activating your Axon Server plan in AxonIQ Console

Once you have your local Axon Server starter you need to enable the plan to monitor Axon Server in AxonIQ Console.

Screenshot of the Axon Server Cluster tab from the AxonIQ Console dashboard, showing the different tiers and options for running Axon Server and connecting it to AxonIQ Console.

Select the plan that best meets your needs from the table. If you are evaluating AxonIQ Console, simply click the "Choose Developer" button, which is sufficient to connect a standalone Axon Server instance.

After selecting your plan, you will see the panel content change to display information about the status of your various Axon Server nodes.

Depending on your plan and the number of nodes in your Axon Server cluster, you will see the information provided by the connected nodes.

Screenshot of the Axon Server Cluster tab in the AxonIQ Console dashboard, showing information about the Axon Server nodes connected to AxonIQ Console.

Additional information to setup Axon Server cluster

More information on how to setup Axon Server clusters for Production use can be found below: