2 node activemq artemis HA replicated cluster... master not recognizing slave - replication

Question

I'm trying to set up ActiveMQ Artemis for high availability using replication with 2 servers (server A and server B) with a master broker on A and a slave broker on B. I know this isnt optimal for the split brain issue; I'm just experimenting in dev. Both brokers start up fine and I'm able to access the console for the master, but the console indicates "replicating: false". Here are the broker.xml files.
Here is the master broker.xml:
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<configuration xmlns="urn:activemq"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq /schema/artemis-configuration.xsd">
<core xmlns="urn:activemq:core" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq:core ">
<name>0.0.0.0</name>
<security-enabled>false</security-enabled>
<persistence-enabled>true</persistence-enabled>
<journal-type>ASYNCIO</journal-type>
<paging-directory>data/paging</paging-directory>
<bindings-directory>data/bindings</bindings-directory>
<journal-directory>data/journal</journal-directory>
<large-messages-directory>data/large-messages</large-messages-directory>
<!-- <journal-retention-directory period="7" unit="DAYS" storage-limit="10G">data/retention</journal-retention-directory> -->
<journal-datasync>true</journal-datasync>
<journal-min-files>2</journal-min-files>
<journal-pool-files>10</journal-pool-files>
<journal-device-block-size>4096</journal-device-block-size>
<journal-file-size>10M</journal-file-size>
<journal-buffer-timeout>20000</journal-buffer-timeout>
<journal-max-io>4096</journal-max-io>
<!-- <network-check-period>10000</network-check-period> -->
<!-- <network-check-timeout>1000</network-check-timeout> -->
<!-- <network-check-list>10.0.0.1</network-check-list> -->
<!-- <network-check-ping-command>ping -c 1 -t %d %s</network-check-ping-command> -->
<!-- <network-check-ping6-command>ping6 -c 1 %2$s</network-check-ping6-command> -->
<connectors>
<connector name="artemis">tcp://0.0.0.0:61616</connector>
</connectors>
<disk-scan-period>5000</disk-scan-period>
<max-disk-usage>90</max-disk-usage>
<critical-analyzer>true</critical-analyzer>
<critical-analyzer-timeout>120000</critical-analyzer-timeout>
<critical-analyzer-check-period>60000</critical-analyzer-check-period>
<critical-analyzer-policy>HALT</critical-analyzer-policy>
<page-sync-timeout>180000</page-sync-timeout>
<!-- <global-max-size>100Mb</global-max-size> -->
<!-- <global-max-messages>-1</global-max-messages> -->
<acceptors>
<acceptor name="artemis">tcp://0.0.0.0:61616?tcpSendBufferSize=1048576;tcpReceiveBufferSize=1048576;amqpMinLargeMessageSize=102400;protocols=CORE,AMQP,STOMP,HORNETQ,MQTT,OPENWIRE;useEpoll=true;amqpCredits=1000;amqpLowCredits=300;amqpDuplicateDetection=true;supportAdvisory=false;suppressInternalManagementObjects=false</acceptor>
<acceptor name="amqp">tcp://0.0.0.0:5672?tcpSendBufferSize=1048576;tcpReceiveBufferSize=1048576;protocols=AMQP;useEpoll=true;amqpCredits=1000;amqpLowCredits=300;amqpMinLargeMessageSize=102400;amqpDuplicateDetection=true</acceptor>
<acceptor name="stomp">tcp://0.0.0.0:61613?tcpSendBufferSize=1048576;tcpReceiveBufferSize=1048576;protocols=STOMP;useEpoll=true</acceptor>
<acceptor name="hornetq">tcp://0.0.0.0:5445?anycastPrefix=jms.queue.;multicastPrefix=jms.topic.;protocols=HORNETQ,STOMP;useEpoll=true</acceptor>
<acceptor name="mqtt">tcp://0.0.0.0:1883?tcpSendBufferSize=1048576;tcpReceiveBufferSize=1048576;protocols=MQTT;useEpoll=true</acceptor>
</acceptors>
<cluster-user>admin</cluster-user>
<cluster-password>admin</cluster-password>
<broadcast-groups>
<broadcast-group name="bg-group1">
<group-address>231.7.7.7</group-address>
<group-port>9876</group-port>
<broadcast-period>5000</broadcast-period>
<connector-ref>artemis</connector-ref>
</broadcast-group>
</broadcast-groups>
<discovery-groups>
<discovery-group name="dg-group1">
<group-address>231.7.7.7</group-address>
<group-port>9876</group-port>
<refresh-timeout>10000</refresh-timeout>
</discovery-group>
</discovery-groups>
<cluster-connections>
<cluster-connection name="my-cluster">
<connector-ref>artemis</connector-ref>
<message-load-balancing>ON_DEMAND</message-load-balancing>
<max-hops>0</max-hops>
<discovery-group-ref discovery-group-name="dg-group1"/>
</cluster-connection>
</cluster-connections>
<ha-policy>
<replication>
<master>
<vote-on-replication-failure>true</vote-on-replication-failure>
<check-for-live-server>true</check-for-live-server>
</master>
</replication>
</ha-policy>
<security-settings>
<security-setting match="#">
<permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="createAddress" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="deleteAddress" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="consume" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="browse" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="send" roles="amq"/>
<!-- we need this otherwise ./artemis data imp wouldn't work -->
<permission type="manage" roles="amq"/>
</security-setting>
</security-settings>
<address-settings>
<!-- if you define auto-create on certain queues, management has to be auto-create -->
<address-setting match="activemq.management#">
<dead-letter-address>DLQ</dead-letter-address>
<expiry-address>ExpiryQueue</expiry-address>
<redelivery-delay>0</redelivery-delay>
<!-- with -1 only the global-max-size is in use for limiting -->
<max-size-bytes>-1</max-size-bytes>
<message-counter-history-day-limit>10</message-counter-history-day-limit>
<address-full-policy>PAGE</address-full-policy>
<auto-create-queues>true</auto-create-queues>
<auto-create-addresses>true</auto-create-addresses>
</address-setting>
<!--default for catch all-->
<address-setting match="#">
<dead-letter-address>DLQ</dead-letter-address>
<expiry-address>ExpiryQueue</expiry-address>
<redelivery-delay>0</redelivery-delay>
<!-- if max-size-bytes and max-size-messages were both enabled, the system will enter into paging
based on the first attribute to hits the maximum value -->
<!-- limit for the address in bytes, -1 means unlimited -->
<max-size-bytes>-1</max-size-bytes>
<!-- limit for the address in messages, -1 means unlimited -->
<max-size-messages>-1</max-size-messages>
<message-counter-history-day-limit>10</message-counter-history-day-limit>
<address-full-policy>PAGE</address-full-policy>
<auto-create-queues>true</auto-create-queues>
<auto-create-addresses>true</auto-create-addresses>
<auto-delete-queues>false</auto-delete-queues>
<auto-delete-addresses>false</auto-delete-addresses>
</address-setting>
</address-settings>
<addresses>
<address name="DLQ">
<anycast>
<queue name="DLQ" />
</anycast>
</address>
<address name="ExpiryQueue">
<anycast>
<queue name="ExpiryQueue" />
</anycast>
</address>
</addresses>
<!-- Uncomment the following if you want to use the Standard LoggingActiveMQServerPlugin pluging to log in events
<broker-plugins>
<broker-plugin class-name="org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.plugin.impl.LoggingActiveMQServerPlugin">
<property key="LOG_ALL_EVENTS" value="true"/>
<property key="LOG_CONNECTION_EVENTS" value="true"/>
<property key="LOG_SESSION_EVENTS" value="true"/>
<property key="LOG_CONSUMER_EVENTS" value="true"/>
<property key="LOG_DELIVERING_EVENTS" value="true"/>
<property key="LOG_SENDING_EVENTS" value="true"/>
<property key="LOG_INTERNAL_EVENTS" value="true"/>
</broker-plugin>
</broker-plugins>
-->
</core>
</configuration>
Here is the slave broker.xml:
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<configuration xmlns="urn:activemq"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq /schema/artemis-configuration.xsd">
<core xmlns="urn:activemq:core" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq:core ">
<name>0.0.0.0</name>
<security-enabled>false</security-enabled>
<persistence-enabled>true</persistence-enabled>
<journal-type>ASYNCIO</journal-type>
<paging-directory>data/paging</paging-directory>
<bindings-directory>data/bindings</bindings-directory>
<journal-directory>data/journal</journal-directory>
<large-messages-directory>data/large-messages</large-messages-directory>
<!-- <journal-retention-directory period="7" unit="DAYS" storage-limit="10G">data/retention</journal-retention-directory> -->
<journal-datasync>true</journal-datasync>
<journal-min-files>2</journal-min-files>
<journal-pool-files>10</journal-pool-files>
<journal-device-block-size>4096</journal-device-block-size>
<journal-file-size>10M</journal-file-size>
<journal-buffer-timeout>24000</journal-buffer-timeout>
<journal-max-io>4096</journal-max-io>
<!-- <network-check-NIC>theNicName</network-check-NIC> -->
<!-- <network-check-URL-list>http://www.apache.org</network-check-URL-list> -->
<!-- <network-check-period>10000</network-check-period> -->
<!-- <network-check-timeout>1000</network-check-timeout> -->
<!-- <network-check-list>10.0.0.1</network-check-list> -->
<!-- use this to customize the ping used for ipv4 addresses -->
<!-- <network-check-ping-command>ping -c 1 -t %d %s</network-check-ping-command> -->
<!-- use this to customize the ping used for ipv6 addresses -->
<!-- <network-check-ping6-command>ping6 -c 1 %2$s</network-check-ping6-command> -->
<connectors>
<connector name="artemis">tcp://0.0.0.0:61616</connector>
</connectors>
<disk-scan-period>5000</disk-scan-period>
<max-disk-usage>90</max-disk-usage>
<critical-analyzer>true</critical-analyzer>
<critical-analyzer-timeout>120000</critical-analyzer-timeout>
<critical-analyzer-check-period>60000</critical-analyzer-check-period>
<critical-analyzer-policy>HALT</critical-analyzer-policy>
<page-sync-timeout>156000</page-sync-timeout>
<!-- <global-max-size>100Mb</global-max-size> -->
<global-max-messages>-1</global-max-messages>
<acceptors>
<acceptor name="artemis">tcp://0.0.0.0:61616?tcpSendBufferSize=1048576;tcpReceiveBufferSize=1048576;amqpMinLargeMessageSize=102400;protocols=CORE,AMQP,STOMP,HORNETQ,MQTT,OPENWIRE;useEpoll=true;amqpCredits=1000;amqpLowCredits=300;amqpDuplicateDetection=true;supportAdvisory=false;suppressInternalManagementObjects=false</acceptor>
<acceptor name="amqp">tcp://0.0.0.0:5672?tcpSendBufferSize=1048576;tcpReceiveBufferSize=1048576;protocols=AMQP;useEpoll=true;amqpCredits=1000;amqpLowCredits=300;amqpMinLargeMessageSize=102400;amqpDuplicateDetection=true</acceptor>
<acceptor name="stomp">tcp://0.0.0.0:61613?tcpSendBufferSize=1048576;tcpReceiveBufferSize=1048576;protocols=STOMP;useEpoll=true</acceptor>
<acceptor name="hornetq">tcp://0.0.0.0:5445?anycastPrefix=jms.queue.;multicastPrefix=jms.topic.;protocols=HORNETQ,STOMP;useEpoll=true</acceptor>
<acceptor name="mqtt">tcp://0.0.0.0:1883?tcpSendBufferSize=1048576;tcpReceiveBufferSize=1048576;protocols=MQTT;useEpoll=true</acceptor>
</acceptors>
<cluster-user>admin</cluster-user>
<cluster-password>admin</cluster-password>
<broadcast-groups>
<broadcast-group name="bg-group1">
<group-address>231.7.7.7</group-address>
<group-port>9876</group-port>
<broadcast-period>5000</broadcast-period>
<connector-ref>artemis</connector-ref>
</broadcast-group>
</broadcast-groups>
<discovery-groups>
<discovery-group name="dg-group1">
<group-address>231.7.7.7</group-address>
<group-port>9876</group-port>
<refresh-timeout>10000</refresh-timeout>
</discovery-group>
</discovery-groups>
<cluster-connections>
<cluster-connection name="my-cluster">
<connector-ref>artemis</connector-ref>
<message-load-balancing>ON_DEMAND</message-load-balancing>
<max-hops>0</max-hops>
<discovery-group-ref discovery-group-name="dg-group1"/>
</cluster-connection>
</cluster-connections>
<ha-policy>
<replication>
<slave>
<allow-failback>true</allow-failback>
</slave>
</replication>
</ha-policy>
<security-settings>
<security-setting match="#">
<permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="createAddress" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="deleteAddress" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="consume" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="browse" roles="amq"/>
<permission type="send" roles="amq"/>
<!-- we need this otherwise ./artemis data imp wouldn't work -->
<permission type="manage" roles="amq"/>
</security-setting>
</security-settings>
<address-settings>
<!-- if you define auto-create on certain queues, management has to be auto-create -->
<address-setting match="activemq.management#">
<dead-letter-address>DLQ</dead-letter-address>
<expiry-address>ExpiryQueue</expiry-address>
<redelivery-delay>0</redelivery-delay>
<!-- with -1 only the global-max-size is in use for limiting -->
<max-size-bytes>-1</max-size-bytes>
<message-counter-history-day-limit>10</message-counter-history-day-limit>
<address-full-policy>PAGE</address-full-policy>
<auto-create-queues>true</auto-create-queues>
<auto-create-addresses>true</auto-create-addresses>
</address-setting>
<!--default for catch all-->
<address-setting match="#">
<dead-letter-address>DLQ</dead-letter-address>
<expiry-address>ExpiryQueue</expiry-address>
<redelivery-delay>0</redelivery-delay>
<!-- if max-size-bytes and max-size-messages were both enabled, the system will enter into paging
based on the first attribute to hits the maximum value -->
<!-- limit for the address in bytes, -1 means unlimited -->
<max-size-bytes>-1</max-size-bytes>
<!-- limit for the address in messages, -1 means unlimited -->
<max-size-messages>-1</max-size-messages>
<message-counter-history-day-limit>10</message-counter-history-day-limit>
<address-full-policy>PAGE</address-full-policy>
<auto-create-queues>true</auto-create-queues>
<auto-create-addresses>true</auto-create-addresses>
<auto-delete-queues>false</auto-delete-queues>
<auto-delete-addresses>false</auto-delete-addresses>
</address-setting>
</address-settings>
<addresses>
<address name="DLQ">
<anycast>
<queue name="DLQ" />
</anycast>
</address>
<address name="ExpiryQueue">
<anycast>
<queue name="ExpiryQueue" />
</anycast>
</address>
</addresses>
<!-- Uncomment the following if you want to use the Standard LoggingActiveMQServerPlugin pluging to log in events
<broker-plugins>
<broker-plugin class-name="org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.plugin.impl.LoggingActiveMQServerPlugin">
<property key="LOG_ALL_EVENTS" value="true"/>
<property key="LOG_CONNECTION_EVENTS" value="true"/>
<property key="LOG_SESSION_EVENTS" value="true"/>
<property key="LOG_CONSUMER_EVENTS" value="true"/>
<property key="LOG_DELIVERING_EVENTS" value="true"/>
<property key="LOG_SENDING_EVENTS" value="true"/>
<property key="LOG_INTERNAL_EVENTS" value="true"/>
</broker-plugin>
</broker-plugins>
-->
</core>
</configuration>
Is this an issue with the way HA is configured? Is it an issue with the clustering? (either broadcast or discovery groups)

Answer 1

At the very least, the connector configuration you're using for your broadcast-group is incorrect. You're specifying:
<connector-ref>artemis</connector-ref>
And the artemis connector is defined like this:
<connector name="artemis">tcp://0.0.0.0:61616</connector>
This is the information which is broadcast to other nodes telling those other nodes how to connect back to the broker that broadcast it. When the other node(s) in the cluster try to use tcp://0.0.0.0:61616 to connect they won't get a connection to the node that broadcast it. They'll get a connection back to themselves. The URL should contain the actual IP address or hostname that remote brokers and/or clients would use to connect to it.