Subsequent Nodes(Optional)

Once a primary node has been installed and configured, subsequent nodes can then be installed and configured to be part of the cluster. The subsequent node can either be

1. Backup Load Balancer node OR

2. VPN or Gateway or Real node

Prerequistes

It is assumed that the node has gone through the following procedure.

1. Installation

2. Network Configuration

3. Preboot

4. Configuring Access of First Security Officer

   1. Register First SO

   2. Enroll First SO

   3. Logging in as an SO

Joining a Cluster

Once the first SO has logged in, perform the following steps for each of the nodes which need to be configured to be a part of the cluster.

1. Log on to the Management console.

2. Go to Settings > Cluster > Configuration.

3. Click Set Install Type.

4. Select the option "Join node to cluster" and provide Virtual IP, netmask and the Virtual Interface of the cluster which was created while configuring the first node i.e. "Active Load Balancer".

5. Select the role of the node as either

   a. Backup Load Balancer (also HySecure Gateway), if you need to have failover for load balancing activity besides expecting the node to act as a Gateway
   
   OR
   
   

   b. HySecure Gateway, if you do not expect the node to participate in the load balancing activity and expect it to act as a Gateway only

6. Perform this step if it needs to be confirmed whether the cluster configuration has been synchronised with this node.

   Use the Configuration section of High Availability page to see the synchronised information.

   Important

   Additional HySecure Servers should be configured on the Configuration page of the Active Load Balancer node only.

This completes the creation of a subsequent node in the cluster.