Policy Server Guides › Policy Server Configuration Guide › User Directories › LDAP Load Balancing and Failover › Configure Failover

Configure Failover

You configure failover to provide for redundancy if the primary LDAP directory connection becomes unavailable.

Note: If you are adding a server for failover, the failover directory must use the same type of communication (SSL or non-SSL) as the primary directory, since both directories share the same port number.

To configure failover

1. Click Configure on the Directory Setup group box on the User Directory pane.

   The Directory Failover and Load Balancing Setup pane opens. The primary user directory opens in the Failover Group.

   Note: Click Help for descriptions of settings and controls, including their respective requirements and limits.

2. Click Add Failover.

   Host and Port fields open.

3. Enter the host name and port of the server to which the Policy Server should failover.

   Note: If you do not specify a port number, the Policy Server uses the default port. The default port for SSL is 636. The default port for non-SSL is 389.

4. Repeat steps two and three to define additional failover servers.

   Note: If you specify a port for the last server, but do not specify a port for any other servers in the group, the Policy Server uses the specified port for every server in the group.

5. Click OK.

   The User Directory pane opens. The Server field lists the servers designated for failover. A space separates each server designated for failover.