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<div class="docbook"><div class="navheader"><table summary="Navigation header" width="100%"><tr><th align="center" colspan="3">4.3.&#160;Virtualhost Nodes</th></tr><tr><td align="left" width="20%"><a accesskey="p" href="Java-Broker-Concepts-Broker.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th align="center" width="60%">Chapter&#160;4.&#160;Concepts</th><td align="right" width="20%">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="Java-Broker-Concepts-RemoteReplicationNodes.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="Java-Broker-Concepts-Virtualhost-Nodes"></a>4.3.&#160;Virtualhost Nodes</h2></div></div></div><p>A <span class="emphasis"><em>virtualhost node</em></span> is a container for the virtualhost. It has exactly
one virtualhost.</p><p>A <span class="emphasis"><em>virtualhost node</em></span> is backed by storage. This storage is used to record
the durable entities that exist beneath the virtualhost node (the virtualhost, queues, exchanges
etc).</p><p>When HA is in use, it is the virtualhost nodes of many Brokers that come together to form
the group. The virtualhost nodes together elect a master. When the high availability feature is
in use, the virtualhost node has <a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Concepts-RemoteReplicationNodes.html" title="4.4.&#160;Remote Replication Nodes">remote replications nodes</a>. There is a remote replication node corresponding to each
remote virtualhost node that form part of the group.</p><p>
<span class="emphasis"><em>Virtualhost node</em></span> also provides an initial configuration for its <span class="emphasis"><em>virtualhost</em></span>.
How to specify initial configuration for <span class="emphasis"><em>virtual host</em></span> is described at
<a class="xref" href="Java-Broker-Virtual-Host-Initial-Configuration.html" title="5.8.&#160;Virtualhost Initial Configuration">Section&#160;5.8, &#8220;Virtualhost Initial Configuration&#8221;</a>.
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