How to determine current application server node

Sometimes it may be necessary to determine which application server node a user is on.

1. Visit the site URL to load the login page.
2. On Chrome press F12 to open Developer Tools.
3. Click “Application” > “Cookies” > <site-url> > “JSESSIONID”.
4. On the server with the compressed logs, find its node ID using value of instance-id from the output below:
5. grep instance-id /usr/local/appian/ae/jboss1/standalone/configuration/standalone.xml
6. In Chrome, right click and delete the value if it does not match the JSESSION ID of the server.
7. Refresh the page and repeat the above steps until you get the desired node ID.

This article applies to environments with multiple application servers.