Using a Backup Server » History » Version 1
Luke Murphey, 10/10/2012 05:28 AM
| 1 | 1 | Luke Murphey | h1. Using a Backup Server |
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| 3 | 1 | Luke Murphey | The RADIUS Authentication App can be configured to use a backup server in case the primary is unavailable. The app will use the backup server if the primary does not authenticate the user. |
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| 5 | 1 | Luke Murphey | If a secret is not defined for the backup server, then the secret from the primary server will be used instead. |
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| 7 | 1 | Luke Murphey | You can determine if the backup server is being used by examining the logs with the sourcetype "radius_auth". The following log message will return logs indicating that the backup server is being used: |
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| 9 | 1 | Luke Murphey | <pre> |
| 10 | 1 | Luke Murphey | index=_internal "Authentication to secondary RADIUS server" sourcetype="radius_auth" |
| 11 | 1 | Luke Murphey | </pre> |