Introduction to Clustering with BeyondTrust Atlas Technology
BeyondTrust Atlas Technology is designed for large scale geographical deployments of BeyondTrust. With Atlas, you use a single BeyondTrust site across multiple B Series Appliances. Since the administration is primarily performed on a primary B Series Appliance, Atlas has minimal administration impact.
This paper describes what comprises BeyondTrust Atlas Technology, how it works at a high level, and the different deployment options for you to consider.
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Glossary
Atlas |
The BeyondTrust technology which enables B Series Appliances to be deployed in a cluster. |
Cluster |
The collective representation of all B Series Appliances that are participating in the same BeyondTrust environment. |
Primary Node |
The node where a majority of the configuration takes place, such as creating users, defining public sites, configuring support teams, defining traffic nodes, etc. Essentially, everything that you would typically do in a single B Series Appliance BeyondTrust installation /login interface will be done through the designated primary node for your clustered environment. |
Backup Primary Node |
This node is in a configured failover relationship with the primary node. In the event of a system failure on the primary node, the backup node can take over the role as primary node. |
Traffic Node |
This node normally handles the bulk of session traffic for the representative console and the customer client. Both the representative console and the customer client bind to a traffic node, as well as the primary node, during a session. The traffic node that is chosen will be determined by the various configuration options. |
Inter-appliance Communication Pre-shared Key |
This is a password that must be set on all of the B Series Appliances participating in a cluster. This key must match between B Series Appliances in order to replicate information between them and to allow them to participate in the cluster. |