Resource control

Resource control

The geo-redundancy server requires a separate installation and configuration for its services. Authentication and access authorization for this service are managed by API keys and access control lists (ACLs). There are two distinct use cases:

–  Simple data redundancy between sites

–  Hosting of data redundancy across sites

In the first case, the SERVERware will be in production on the primary site and the recovery site will be connected to the geo-redundancy server with a administrator API key. The administrator will have access to all the data on the Geo-Redundancy Server and will be able to perform recoveries from any site of any VPS replicated to the default or chosen partition.

For the second case, SERVERware on the main site will be connected to the geo-redundancy server with a user API key, and the recoveries will be handled by the host provider. The hosting provider will provide the credentials and the IP address for the GRS (Geo-Redundancy Server).

The replication service is managed via a command-line tool called swrepl-adm. 

Here is how to access it:

1. Open an SSH client such as Putty
2. In the field Hostname, enter the IP address of the host system (for example, 232.123.44.108).
3. Set the port number to 2222 and click the button Open to initiate the connection.
4. The default login credentials are root for the user and serverware for the password.

Once connected to your server, you can use the CLI commands to manage the geo-redundancy service.