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Cluster Profiles

Configuration > Networking > Cluster Profiles

On this tab you can view all cluster profiles that you have configured. Cluster profiles allow you to manage multiple EdgeConnect appliances as a cluster and orchestrate flow redirection within a cluster. A cluster profile contains configuration settings that are applied to a cluster. Each peer in a cluster then inherits those same settings. For more information on clusters see, Clusters. Cluster profiles also do the following:

  • Synchronizes user role information between cluster peers.

  • Synchronizes bandwidth availability between two EdgeHA appliances.

Orchestrator comes with a built-in cluster profile called “Profile [EdgeHA]” and all EdgeHA appliances are automatically configured using this profile. Flow redirection is disabled for this profile because EdgeHA does not support Active/Active deployments.

The following table describes the information displayed on the Cluster Profiles tab for each cluster profile.

Field Description
Name The name of the cluster profile.
Interface/label The interface label that is used for inter-cluster synchronization when this cluster profile is applied to a cluster.
Flow redirection Indicates if flow redirection is enabled or disabled for the cluster profile.
Wait time Indicates how long the system waits for an update from other cluster peers before redirecting a flow when this cluster profile is applied to a cluster.
User session sync Indicates if user session synchronization is enabled or disabled for the cluster profile.
Secure Indicates if encrypted control messages are enabled for the cluster profile.

Create a Cluster Profile

  1. From the Cluster Profiles tab, click +Add.

    The Cluster Profile dialog box opens.

  2. Enter the following details for the cluster profile.

    Field Description
    Name Enter a name for the cluster profile.
    Interface/label Select a LAN-side label to use for inter-cluster synchronization. This interface is used for flow redirection and user session synchronization within a cluster. It is recommended to create a LAN-side label for this purpose, such as a label called “CLUSTER”.
    Flow redirection Click to enable flow redirection for peers in a cluster.
    Wait time Enter a value in milliseconds. This is used in conjunction with flow redirection to control how long the system waits for an update from other cluster peers before redirecting a flow.
    User session sync Click to enable user session synchronization between cluster peers. This synchronizes user role information between peers in a cluster.
    Secure Click to enable encrypted control messages between cluster peers.

  3. Click Save.

For information on applying cluster profiles to clusters, navigate to Configuration > Networking > Clusters, or see Clusters.