Virtual IP address failover for Applications Manager
Overview
Failover is an alternative monitoring mechanism that facilitates switching to a secondary/backup server when the primary server becomes unavailable. Configuring Applications Manager’s dual server failover system ensures constant availability so you can monitor all your business-critical applications without any interruptions. Learn more.
A Virtual IP address for failover is a shared IP address used by primary and secondary servers that belong to the same subnet. The virtual IP points to the secondary/backup server in case the primary server goes down. This way, the user can access both the primary and secondary/backup servers using a single IP address.
How it works
- If the primary Applications Manager server is up and working, a Virtual IP address will be assigned to it.
- In case the primary Applications Manager server goes down, the Virtual IP address will be dissociated from it and will instead be assigned to the secondary/backup server which will then take over the primary server’s function.
- This way the end user will always be able to access the application via a single IP address.
Prerequisites
The following are the prerequisites that need to be implemented before configuring the VIP Failover mode:
Configure Virtual IP address for Failover
- To configure the Virtual IP address for Failover in Applications Manager go to Settings → Server Settings → High Availability Settings.
- Fill in the following details to associate Virtual IP for the Failover option:
- Virtual IP address: The IP address that does not belong to a physical network interface. The IP and the Virtual IP addresses of both servers must belong to the same subnet.
- Virtual Hostname (optional): The hostname of the Virtual IP address. The hostname must recognize the corresponding Virtual IP address and vice versa.
- Retry Count: The number of failed association attempts that must be made before initiating the failover mode.
- Retry Interval in secs: Time interval required to reattempt connecting to the associated Virtual IP address.
- Next, follow the steps mentioned below for the changes to take effect:
- Stop the backup / secondary server first (if running). Next, stop the primary server.
- Now start the primary server. Once it's up and running, proceed to start the secondary server.
- Once the product has been started successfully it can be accessed via https://<vip>:<port>.
Note:
- The VIP URL can be updated in both Windows and Linux startup print with https://<vip>:<port>. However, in case the Virtual IP address addition process is not complete before the product starts up, it will not be updated.
- VIP failover is not supported for plugin setup.