Technical Tip: Enable 'configWizard' portal on slave HA node
Description
This article describes how to enable 'configWizard' portal to be reachable on slave HA node via URL https://SLAVE-NODE-IP:8443/configWizard
This is needed in rare cases, if the configWizard was not run as prior creating the HA.
Each nodes need to be configured for the actual L2/L3 layout it is going to manage.
Solution
The below steps are also available in the Appendix of the High Availability reference manual in the Document Library.
1) Login to slave node with SSH client.
2) Open file /etc/hosts with an editor, 'nano' or 'vi' and locate string 'nac' next to the cluster IP address and FQDN.
See below example:
See below example:
5) Restart tomcat-admin service to apply this change with the following command:
https://SLAVE-NODE-IP:8443/configWizard
The configWizard is visible now and can finish the configuration.
This article describes how to enable 'configWizard' portal to be reachable on slave HA node via URL https://SLAVE-NODE-IP:8443/configWizard
This is needed in rare cases, if the configWizard was not run as prior creating the HA.
Each nodes need to be configured for the actual L2/L3 layout it is going to manage.
Solution
The below steps are also available in the Appendix of the High Availability reference manual in the Document Library.
1) Login to slave node with SSH client.
2) Open file /etc/hosts with an editor, 'nano' or 'vi' and locate string 'nac' next to the cluster IP address and FQDN.
See below example:
# 192.168.1.10 cluster-ip.forti.lab nac3) Remove 'nac' string as shown in previous example and add '0.0.0.0 nac' in new line.
See below example:
# 192.168.1.10 cluster-ip.forti.lab4) Save and close the /etc/hosts file.
# 0.0.0.0 nac
5) Restart tomcat-admin service to apply this change with the following command:
# service tomcat-admin restart6) Wait a minute or so for tomcat-admin restarts and open the 'configWizard' portal on following URL:
https://SLAVE-NODE-IP:8443/configWizard
The configWizard is visible now and can finish the configuration.