=== Setting up multicast networking

The default clustering support needs IP Multicast. Multicast is a network broadcast protocol. This protocol is used at boot time to discover and join the cluster. It is also used to broadcast messages for the replication and invalidation of distributed caches used by {project_name}.

The clustering subsystem for {project_name} runs on the JGroups stack. Out of the box, the bind addresses for clustering are bound to a private network interface with 127.0.0.1 as default IP address.

.Procedure

. Edit your the _standalone-ha.xml_ or _domain.xml_ sections discussed in the <<_bind-address,Bind Address>> chapter.
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.private network config
[source,xml]
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    <interfaces>
        ...
        <interface name="private">
            <inet-address value="${jboss.bind.address.private:127.0.0.1}"/>
        </interface>
    </interfaces>
    <socket-binding-group name="standard-sockets" default-interface="public" port-offset="${jboss.socket.binding.port-offset:0}">
        ...
        <socket-binding name="jgroups-mping" interface="private" port="0" multicast-address="${jboss.default.multicast.address:230.0.0.4}" multicast-port="45700"/>
        <socket-binding name="jgroups-tcp" interface="private" port="7600"/>
        <socket-binding name="jgroups-tcp-fd" interface="private" port="57600"/>
        <socket-binding name="jgroups-udp" interface="private" port="55200" multicast-address="${jboss.default.multicast.address:230.0.0.4}" multicast-port="45688"/>
        <socket-binding name="jgroups-udp-fd" interface="private" port="54200"/>
        <socket-binding name="modcluster" port="0" multicast-address="224.0.1.105" multicast-port="23364"/>
        ...
    </socket-binding-group>
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. Configure the `jboss.bind.address.private` and `jboss.default.multicast.address` as well as the ports of the services on the clustering stack.
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NOTE: It is possible to cluster {project_name} without IP Multicast, but this topic is beyond the scope of this guide. For more information, see link:{appserver_jgroups_link}[JGroups] in the _{appserver_jgroups_name}_.