Configure High Availability between the Primary and Secondary Command Centers

Pre-requisites

  • Ensure that the two appliances (to be used as Primary and Secondary Command Centers) are configured as Command Center nodes.
  • The two Command Center appliances must have the same eyeInspect version.
  • Ensure that the ports TCP/22 (SSH on secondary host) and TCP/5432 (Postgresql on primary host) are not blocked by network devices in their path.
Note: The Rotate Passphrase feature will not work post enabling High Availability. If required, perform this task before enabling High Availability.

Step-by-step Procedure

  1. Connect to the node that you want to designate as the Primary Command Center - for example, 192.168.56.101 - via SSH.
  2. Execute the command sudo sdconfig.
  3. From the eyeInspect configuration menu, choose Command Center High Availability.
  4. Press "y" to enable the Command Centers as Primary and Secondary.
  5. Enter the IP address of the Secondary Command Center - for example, 192.168.56.102.
  6. Enter the silentdefense password for the Secondary Command Center host.
  7. The on-screen message confirms that both the Command Centers have been successfully configured as Primary and Secondary Command Centers.
  8. Press "space" as displayed in the terminal to exit the replication process.
  9. Select Exit to exit the sdconfig menu.

Here’s how the process looks in the terminal: