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Luke Murphey, 10/10/2012 05:28 AM

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h1. Using a Backup Server
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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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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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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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index=_internal "Authentication to secondary RADIUS server" sourcetype="radius_auth"
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