Configuring Failover Security Gateways

You can set up additional failover Security Gateways to ensure uninterrupted connectivity. In failover Security Gateway deployments, if the gateway used to establish a PCoIP session becomes unavailable, the session is automatically transferred to the next available gateway configured for this purpose. This ensures continuity of the session in the event of hardware failures or network disruptions.

Failover gateways can be set up at the time of installing the Connection Manager and/or the Security Gateway. They can also be configured later, following the steps described below.

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Before you begin, make sure you have the IP addresses of the gateways handy. At this time, only IP addresses can be specified.

1. On the machine where the Connection Manager and/or the Security Gateway is installed, open a Terminal.

2. Run the following command:

   sudo pcoip-cmsg-setup configure --external-sg-ip=IPAddress1 --external-sg-ip=IPAddress2
   

   where,

3. --external-sg-ip: The flag that sets public IP addresses of external Security Gateways to enable gateway failover. Only IP addresses are supported.

4. IPAddress1, IPAddress2: Represents the IP addresses of the security gateways that will handle failover scenarios.