Missing Piece in Failover Configuration
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 4:23 pm
I'm in the process of evaluating OpenVPN AS.
I've setup a working configuration with LDAP and the two concurrent connections that can be used during evaluation. Everything works perfectly.
Now I would like to go the extra step and setup failover.
So I installed a second AS as secondary one and configured the failover settings in the admin web ui of the main AS.
The validation of my settings did succeed, it says GOOD for all four categories, so I commited the configuration.
I have reserved that spare IP, and I configured it in the failover settings.
But I don't know how it's going to be used.
The main AS still has its IP and the secondary AS has its IP.
I can only connect to the AS web interface by using the main AS' IP.
So which piece am I still missing in my setup. I think I read all bits of documentation that were available on this setup and couldn't figure it out myself so far.
I've setup a working configuration with LDAP and the two concurrent connections that can be used during evaluation. Everything works perfectly.
Now I would like to go the extra step and setup failover.
So I installed a second AS as secondary one and configured the failover settings in the admin web ui of the main AS.
The validation of my settings did succeed, it says GOOD for all four categories, so I commited the configuration.
I have reserved that spare IP, and I configured it in the failover settings.
But I don't know how it's going to be used.
The main AS still has its IP and the secondary AS has its IP.
I can only connect to the AS web interface by using the main AS' IP.
So which piece am I still missing in my setup. I think I read all bits of documentation that were available on this setup and couldn't figure it out myself so far.