Introduction
Interfaces within a Nirvana Realm Server define a protocol,
a network interface and a port number. When a Nirvana
client connects to a realm using an RNAME,
they are actually connecting to an Interface that has
been created on the Nirvana Realm.
If a machine that is running a Nirvana Realm has multiple
physical network interfaces, with different IP addresses,
it is possible to bind specific protocols
to specific ports. This way you are able to segment
incoming network traffic to specific clients.
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For example, if a realm is running on a machine that
has an external internet facing network interface, as
well as an internal interface, you can create a Nirvana
interface that uses nhp or nhps on port 80 or 443 respectively
using the external facing interface.
If on the other hand when there are multiple network
interfaces, and you do not wish to segment network traffic
for specific protocols, you can specify to bind to all
known network interfaces to the specified protocol and
port.
The default realm setting when you first install Nirvana
creates a Nirvana Socket Protocol Interface that binds
to port 9000, on all known network interfaces.
Once this basic understanding of Nirvana interfaces
is understood, you can then set about performing a number
of operations using the Nirvana Enterprise Manager:
Creating Interfaces
Deleting Interfaces
Creating SSL Interfaces
Stopping Interfaces
Starting Interfaces
Interface Configuration
Modify Interfaces
Interface Plugins
Interface VIA
rules
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