HA Configuration

To set up a high availability solution with two IPBrick's:

• Install the HA update from Advanced Configurations - IPBrick - Update;
• Choose a secondary master server. At that IPBrick, the authentication type must be changed at Advanced Configurations - IPBrick
- Authentication to Secondary Master IPBrick;
• At primary master (IPBrick Master), go to Advanced Configurations - IPBrick - Authentication set Yes at High availability and choose the HA members;
• There are two different types of High Availability configuration:
  • Active-Passive: It's a failover solution and only one virtual IP address will be used. Configuration: At the primary master insert a virtual IP for HA. To do that go to Advanced Configurations, click at interface, Insert and choose HA Private Interface;
  • Active-Active: It's a load balancing solution and two virtual IP addresses will be used, one on each server. Configuration:
• At the primary master insert a virtual IP for HA. To do that go to Advanced
Configurations, click at interface, Insert and choose HA Private Interface;
• At the secondary master insert a virtual IP for HA. To do that go to Advanced Configurations, click at interface, Insert and choose HA Private Interface;
• In both servers at Advanced Configurations - System - Services enable the service Heartbeat and set HA at the wanted services;
• In both servers insert a general settings firewall rule at Advanced Configurations - Network - Firewall,
  • Rule: INPUT;
  • Interface: lo;
  • Protocol: ICMP;
  • Policy: ACCEPT;
• In both servers Apply Configurations. The servers will reboot;

Note: The services (VoIP/E-Mail) must have exactly the same configuration in both servers. To use the high availability an addicional licence is needed.