[id='discovery-tcp-gossip_{context}']
= TCPGOSSIP
Gossip routers provide a centralized location on the network from which your
{brandname} cluster can retrieve addresses of other nodes.

You inject the address (`IP:PORT`) of the Gossip router into {brandname} nodes as follows:

. Pass the address as a system property to the JVM; for example, `-DGossipRouterAddress="10.10.2.4[12001]"`.
. Reference that system property in the JGroups configuration file.

.Gossip router configuration example
[source,xml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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include::config_examples/tcpgossip.xml[]
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[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* link:{jgroups_docs}#TCPGOSSIP_Prot[JGroups Gossip Router]
