The Cluster Configuration menu contains the tools and settings that you must use for configuring the Avaya Aura® Device Services nodes in a clustered environment.
The Cluster Configuration menu contains the following submenus:
Cluster Utilities
Virtual IP Configuration Settings
The following table describes the Cluster Utilities settings in the configuration utility:
Item name
Description
Equivalent properties file parameter
Configure SSH RSA Public/Private Keys
This utility configures the SSH RSA keys for SSH login configuration.
You must run this utility from the seed node after installing the other nodes in the cluster.
This setting does not have an equivalent parameter in the installation.properties file.
You must configure the cluster using the configuration tool after the silent installation is complete.
Propagate REST and OAMP certificates to cluster
The Propagate REST and OAMP certificates to cluster utility provides REST and OAMP certificates for each node in a cluster.
You must run this utility after re-configuring certificates for any node in the cluster. You can run this utility from any node in the cluster.
You do not need to use this utility if you use certificates signed by the System Manager CA.
This setting does not have an equivalent parameter in the installation.properties file.
The virtual IP address is necessary in a clustered environment, so that all the nodes in the cluster can be accessed using the same IP address.
The following table describes the Virtual IP Configuration settings in the configuration utility.
Item name
Description
Equivalent properties file parameter
Enable virtual IP
The setting to enable the usage of a virtual IP address.
If you select n (no), the configuration script does not configure the virtual IP address.
If you select y (yes), new configuration settings for the virtual IP address are displayed in the configuration menu:
Virtual IP address: The virtual IPv4 address to be shared by the current node.
Virtual IPv6 address: The virtual IPv6 address to be shared by the current node. This option is only available if IPv6 is enabled.
Virtual IP interface: The network interface to use for the virtual IP. The form of this interface must be eth0.
Virtual IP master node: The setting to determine if the current node is the master node in the cluster.
Virtual IP router ID: An integer with a value from 1 to 255. The value must be the same for both virtual IP master and backup. The default value is 61.
This value must be unique across Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) installations and it is limited to cluster deployments.
Virtual IP authentication password: The password to use for virtual IP authentication.
KA_ENABLED
If you set this parameter to y (yes), you must also configure the following parameters:
