CPC G06F 16/35 (2019.01) [G06F 16/328 (2019.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
determining, at a first cluster, information identifying a plurality of indexers of the first cluster based on a master node of the first cluster identifying active indexers within the first cluster;
transmitting, from the first cluster to a second cluster, the information identifying the plurality of indexers, wherein the information identifying the plurality of indexers comprises:
a list of active indexers, and
an indication of how to communicate with the plurality of indexers that is used by the second cluster in distributing a distributed search query to the plurality of indexers, the indication including Internet Protocol addresses associated with the plurality of indexers;
receiving, at the plurality of indexers of the first cluster, the distributed search query from the second cluster, wherein the distributed search query is distributed across the plurality of indexers based on the information identifying the plurality of indexers; and
providing, at the first cluster, a response to the distributed search query from at least one of the plurality of indexers, wherein each response from a respective indexer is generated by the respective indexer based on an evaluation, by the respective indexer, of the distributed search query.
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