Connecting Agents to a Series of Server Endpoints

The following steps describe how to connect agents to a series of server endpoints with which, in the case of a server failure, the agents will attempt to communicate.

Important: In this configuration, high availability is maintained, in that it is possible to connect agents to a series of endpoints. However enterprise-level scalability is not supported. This method is difficult to maintain with a full list of all servers. Use this approach with caution. The preferred approach for High Availability (HA) in enterprise environments is Connecting Agents to a Single Endpoint

For the purpose of this example, the following procedure assumes a two-node cluster. Two example cluster nodes have the following IP addresses: ip_node_1 and ip_node_2 (or you can use DNS names).

Note: The Deployment Automation server application should be installed on two servers for the active-active feature (see Active-active Server Installation). These two servers are not used as a cluster with a load balancer.

To configure agents to connect to a single endpoint:

Assuming that during installation, an agent was set to communicate with ip_node_1, to enable the agent to also communicate with cluster node ip_node_2:

In the Deployment Automation web application, navigate to Administration > System > Network.
In the Network tab, click Create New Network Relay.
In the Create Network Relay dialog:
1. Enter a Name for the second server.
2. In the Host field, enter ip_node2
3. Enter a Port number that the agent will use to communicate with the server.
4. Check the Active check box.
5. Click Save.
Repeat this process for each cluster node.