/cfg/sys/azure
Configuring Azure Parameters
This menu is valid only for Alteon VA running on an Azure cloud.
Alteon VA supports GSLB and HA mode in the Microsoft Azure cloud.
Since the Azure cloud does not have the provision to support floating IPs, which is essential in HA environment, you cannot have two instances with the same IP address, where just one of them will be actually active. Alteon must therefore transfer the pubic IP addresses among the VMs.
Every Alteon VA running on Azure has its public IP address.
When Alteon VA operates in HA mode on Azure, upon failover the backup Alteon VA takes ownership on the primary Alteon public IP address that is exposed to the outside world. (This public IP address will act as a floating IP address.)
Since the IP addresses tend to change between reboot of the VM, you should configure both the public and public IP addresses to be static. The deployment template default should configure these IP addresses as static.
In order to enable to transfer the primary public IP address to the backup, Alteon should have access to the Azure account.
For this purpose you must enter the Azure credentials to the Azure portals and active directory, as well as additional information on the resources of the VMs running the Alteon, to both Alteon platforms.
After defining the Azure resources, the following is performed:

The primary public IP address is assigned to the primary Alteon VA VM resources and the secondary public IP address to the backup Alteon VM.

Data is synchronization with the peer. The peer will transpose the information between the peer and the VM NIC data.

The GSLB is just the primary NIC. Resource is entered and the public IP address is extracted from it. This information will not be synchronized. It should be entered for every Alteon VA.
If a failover occurs, the backup Alteon primary swaps the public IP address resources of the two Alteon in order to take control.
Both peers reside on the same resource group.
Notes

Alteon VA on Azure is automatically configured to work in single IP address mode.

It takes up to two minutes for the public IP address to transpose in case of failover.

These commands do not actually set the Azure subscription ID, but enters the parameters in Alteon VA in order to enable the Alteon VA access the Azure account.
[Azure resources Menu] subscrip - Set azure subscription ID client - Set azure credentials Client ID secret - Set azure credentials Client secret tenant - Set azure tenant ID rsrcgp - Set azure resource group name nicname - Set azure VM network interface resource name pipname - Set azure VM primary public IP resource name pnicname - Set azure HA peer VM network interface resource name sipname - Set azure HA secondary public IP resource name |
[Azure user parameters Menu] client - Set azure credentials Client ID secret - Set azure credentials Client secret tenant - Set azure tenant ID singipha - Azure single IP HA configuration menu multipha - Azure muliple IP HA configuration menu cur - Display current Azure configuration |
Azure Resources Menu (/cfg/sys/azure)
Command Syntax and Usage |
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subscrip |
| Sets the Azure account subscription ID. |
client |
| Sets the Azure account credentials client ID. |
secret |
| Sets the Azure account credentials client secret. |
tenant |
| Sets the Azure account tenant ID. |
rsrcgp |
| Sets the Alteon VA VM Azure resource group name. |
nicname |
| Sets the Alteon VA Azure VM network interface resource name. |
pipname |
| Sets the Alteon VA Azure VM (primary of GSLB) public IP resource name. |
pnicname |
| Sets the Alteon VA Azure VM network interface resource name. |
sipname |
| Sets the Alteon VA Azure HA secondary (HA backup) public IP resource name. |
Azure User Parameters Menu (/cfg/sys/azure)
Command Syntax and Usage |
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client |
| Sets the Azure account credentials client ID. |
secret |
| Sets the Azure account credentials client secret. |
tenant |
| Sets the Azure account tenant ID. |
singipha |
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multipha |
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cur |
| Displays the current Azure High Availability configuration. |