Secure Gateway Failover/Backup

[wolfgang_back_eh]

We would need to define several Secure Gateway Server in parallel so the Gateway Server is not a single point of failure. In case one Gateway Server is down a second (Backup) Gateway Server should be able to handle the request transparently or maybe after a reconnect.
Currently it’s not possible to define more than one Secure Gateway Server.

[stefan_koell]

Hi!

Thanks for the feedback. While we currently don’t have this feature on board right now, I want to mention that you should be able to use a standard load balancer to make a secure gateway failover to another one. You can follow this guide to install a second Royal Server with the same configuration as the first one:

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Regards,
Stefan

[hans_docsek]

Hi!

Since version Royal TS V6 it is possible to specify multiple computer names separated by semicolons in the Secure Gateway properties.

Regards,
Hans