Secondary CloudControl Setup

  1. Start the HA setup procedure. From the CloudControl command line interface, type hasetup.
  2. At the Do you want to reconfigure? (y/n) prompt, type n.

  3. At the Deploy as primary (production) or secondary (standby) (pri/sec) prompt, type: sec.

  4. At the Do you want to configure a private network for High Availability? prompt, type n.

  5. At the Primary Node Connection 1 (eth0) IP address []: prompt, type the IP address of the primary node.
  6. At the Primary Node ascadminuser password: prompt, type the ascadminuser password for the primary node.

    Note: Make sure to use the new password (not the default) for the primary CloudControlascadminuser account which was changed during setup.

At this point, basic HA is enabled, and the primary CloudControl node is syncing to the secondary CloudControl node. Single-site HA configuration is complete.

Secondary CloudControl Setup Example

[localhost:standalone ~]$ hasetup

CloudControl Setup - HyTrust CloudControl - <version>

The appliance is configured with the following settings:

Management IP: 10.120.246.120

Netmask: 255.255.0.0

Gateway: 10.120.0.1

DNS Server: 10.222.76.11

Do you want to reconfigure? (y/n): n

Deploy as primary (production) or secondary (standby) (pri/sec): sec

Do you want to configure a private network for High Availability? (y/n) n

 

Join a primary appliance by specifying its IP address and ascadminuser password.

Primary Node Connection 1 (eth0) IP address []: 10.100.246.120

Primary Node ascadminuser password:

 

Applying settings, please wait...

HA cluster joining primary host: 10.100.246.120

Transitioning from standalone to secondary

Syncing HTCC database ... please wait

Progress: ************************* 100.00%

Starting the standby database

Success: The High Availability system has been updated

Syncing configuration files...

Progress: ************************* 100.00% (5 files)

Syncing index files...

Progress: ************************* 100.00% (0 files)

HA Sync finished

Updating HA peer, please wait...

Success: HA sync

Success: The High Availability system has been updated

 

HyTrust CloudControl - <version>

The management web user interface is available at:

https://10.100.246.121/asc

Network Configuration - Connection 1 (eth0)

Mode: Static

IP Address: 10.120.246.120

Netmask: 255.255.0.0

Gateway: 10.120.0.1

High Availability - Enabled, Connection 1 (eth0)

Mode: Secondary

Last Sync: Successful, Thu Sep 13 00:30:37 2018

Primary Node: 10.100.246.120