Configuring MSE High Availability on Primary MSEs
To configure a primary MSE for high availabililty, follow these steps:
Step 1 On the intended primary MSE, enter the following command:
/opt/mse/setup/setup.sh
The setup script displays the following prompts, which you can answer using the suggested responses given in bold (in this and later steps):
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Welcome to the Cisco Mobility Services Engine Appliance Setup.
You may exit the setup at any time by typing <Ctrl+c>.
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Would you like to configure MSE using:
1. Menu mode
2. Wizard mode
Choose 1 or 2:
1
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Mobility Services Engine Setup
Please select a configuration option below and enter the
requested information. You may exit setup at any time by typing <Ctrl +C>.
You will be prompted to choose whether you wish to configure a parameter, skip it, or reset it to its initial default value. Skipping a parameter will leave it unchanged from its current value.
Please note that the following parameters are mandatory and must be configured at lease once.
-> Hostname
-> Network interface eth0
-> Timezone settings
-> Root password
-> NTP settings
-> Prime Infrastructure password
You must select option 24 to verify and apply any changes made during this session.
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PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE:
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Configure MSE:
1) Hostname * 13) Remote syslog settings
2) Network interface eth0 settings* 14) Host access control settings
3) Timezone settings* 15) Audit Rules
4) Root password * 16) Login banner
5) NTP settings * 17) System console restrictions
6) Prime Infrastructure password * 18) SSH root access
7) Display current configuration 19) Single user password check
8) Domain 20) Login and password settings
9) High availability role 21) GRUB password
10) Network interface eth1 settings 22) Root access control
11) DNS settings 23) Auto start MSE on system boot up
12) Future restart time 24) ## Verify and apply changes ##
Please enter your choice [1 - 24]:
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Step 2 Configure the primary MSE hostname:
Please enter your choice [1 - 24]:
1
Current Hostname=[mse]
Configure Hostname? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]:
y
The host name should be a unique name that can identify the device on the network. The hostname should start with a letter, end with a letter or number, and contain only letters, numbers, and dashes.
Enter a Host name [mse]:
mse1
Step 3
Configure the primary MSE domain:
Please enter your choice [1-24]:
8
Current domain=[ ]
Configure domain name? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]:
S
Step 4 Configure the primary MSE network interface eth0 settings.
Please enter your choice [1 - 24]:
2
Current eth0 interface IP address=[10.0.0.1]
Current eth0 interface netmask=[255.0.0.0]
Current IPv4 gateway address=[172.20.104.123]
Configure eth0 interface parameters? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]:
y
Enter an IP address for first Ethernet interface of this machine.
Enter eth0 IP address [10.0.0.2]:
Enter the network mask for IP address 172.21.105.126
Enter network mask [255.255.255.224]:
Enter the default gateway address for this machine.
Note that the default gateway must be reachable from the first Ethernet interface.
Enter default gateway address [172.20.104.123]:
Step 5 Configure the primary MSE root password:
Please enter your choice [1 - 24]:
4
Root password has not been configured
Configure root password? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]:
Y
Changing password for user root.
You can now choose the new password.
A valid password should be a mix of upper and lower case letters, digits, and other characters. You can use an 8 character long password with characters from all of these classes. An upper case letter that begins the password and a digit that ends it do not count towards the number of character classes used.
Enter new password:
password
Step 6 Configure the primary MSE’s high availability role:
Current role=[Primary]
Configure High Availability? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]:
y
High availability role for this MSE (Primary/Secondary)
Select role [1 for Primary, 2 for Secondary] [1]: 1
Health monitor interface holds physical IP address of this MSE server.
This IP address is used by Secondary, Primary MSE servers and Prime Infrastructure to communicate among themselves
Select Health Monitor Interface [eth0/eth1] [eth0]: eth0
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Direct connect configuration facilitates use of a direct cable connection between the primary and secondary MSE servers.
This can help reduce latencies in heartbeat response times, data replication and failure detection times.
Please choose a network interface that you wish to use for direct connect. You should appropriately configure the respective interfaces.
"none" implies you do not wish to use direct connect configuration.
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Select direct connect interface [eth0/eth1/none] [none]:
Enter a Virtual IP address for the Primary MSE server
Enter Virtual IP address [1.1.1.1]:
10.10.10.11
Enter network mask for IP address 10.10.10.1
Enter network mask [1.1.1.1]:
255.255.255.0
Select to start the server in recovery mode.
You should choose yes only if this primary MSE was paired earlier and you have now lost the configuration from this box.
And, now you want to restore the configuration from Secondary via Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Do you wish to start this MSE in HA receovery mode?: (yes/no} [no]:no
Current IP address = [1.1.1.10]
Current eth0 netmask=[255.255.255.0]
Current gateway address=[1.1.1.1]
Configure eth0 interface parameters? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]:
Enter an IP address for first Ethernet interface of this machine.
Enter eth0 IP address [1.1.1.10]:
10.10.10.12
Enter the network mask for IP address 10.10.10.12
Enter network mask [255.255.255.0]:
255.255.255.0
Enter an default gateway address for this machine.
Note that the default gateway must be reachable from the first Ethernet interface. Enter default gateway address [1.1.1.1]:
10.10.10.1
The second Ethernet interface is currently disabled for this machine.
Configure eth1 interface parameters? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Yes]: S
Step 7 Configure the primary MSE timezone settings:
Please enter your choice [1 - 24]: 3
Current Timezone=[America/New_York]
Configure Timezone? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]: y
Enter the current date and time.
Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly. Please select a continent or ocean.
1) Africa
2) Americas
3) Antarctica
4) Arctic Ocean
5) Asia
6) Atlantic Ocean
7) Australia
8) Europe
9) Indian Ocean
10) Pacific Ocean
11) UTC - I want to use Coordinated Universal Time.
#? 2
Please select a country.
1) Anguilla 27) Honduras
2) Antigua & Barbuda 28) Jamaica
5) Bahamas 31) Montserrat
6) Barbados 32) Netherlands Antilles
7) Belize 33) Nicaragua
8) Bolivia 34) Panama
9) Brazil 35) Paraguay
10) Canada 36) Peru
11) Cayman Islands 37) Puerto Rico
12) Chile 38) St Barthelemy
13) Colombia 39) St Kitts & Nevis
14) Costa Rica 40) St Lucia
15) Cuba 41) St Martin (French part)
16) Dominica 42) St Pierre & Miquelon
17) Dominican Republic 43) St Vincent
18) Ecuador 44) Suriname
19) El Salvador 45) Trinidad & Tobago
20) French Guiana 46) Turks & Caicos Is
21) Greenland 47) United States
22) Grenada 48) Uruguay
23) Guadeloupe 49) Venezuela
24) Guatemala 50) Virgin Islands (UK)
25) Guyana 51) Virgin Islands (US)
26) Haiti
#? 47
Please select one of the following time zone regions.
1) Eastern Time
2) Eastern Time - Michigan - most locations
3) Eastern Time - Kentucky - Louisville area
4) Eastern Time - Kentucky - Wayne County
5) Eastern Time - Indiana - most locations
6) Eastern Time - Indiana - Daviess, Dubois, Knox & Martin Counties
7) Eastern Time - Indiana - Pulaski County
8) Eastern Time - Indiana - Crawford County
9) Eastern Time - Indiana - Pike County
10) Eastern Time - Indiana - Switzerland County
11) Central Time
12) Central Time - Indiana - Perry County
13) Central Time - Indiana - Starke County
14) Central Time - Michigan - Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron & Menominee Counties
15) Central Time - North Dakota - Oliver County
16) Central Time - North Dakota - Morton County (except Mandan area)
17) Mountain Time
18) Mountain Time - south Idaho & east Oregon
19) Mountain Time - Navajo
20) Mountain Standard Time - Arizona
21) Pacific Time
22) Alaska Time
23) Alaska Time - Alaska panhandle
24) Alaska Time - Alaska panhandle neck
25) Alaska Time - west Alaska
26) Aleutian Islands
27) Hawaii
#? 21
The following information has been given:
United States
Pacific Time
Therefore TZ='America/Los_Angeles' will be used.
Local time is now: Sun Apr 6 18:45:27 PDT 2020. Universal Time is now: Mon Apr 7 01:45:27 UTC 2020. Is the above information OK?
1) Yes
2) No
#? 1
Step 8
Configure the primary MSE DNS settings:
Please enter your choice [1 - 24]: 11
Domain Name Service (DNS) Setup
Enable DNS (yes/no) [no]: y
Default DNS server 1=[8.8.8.8]
Enter primary DNS server IP address:
DNS server address must be in the form #.#.#.#, where # is 0 to 255 or hexadecimal :
separated v6 address
Enter primary DNS server IP address [8.8.8.8]:
Enter backup DNS server IP address (or none) [none]:
Step 9
Configure the primary MSE NTP settings:
Please enter your choice [1 - 24]: 5
Network Time Protocol (NTP) Setup.
If you choose to enable NTP, the system time will be configured from NTP servers that you select. Otherwise, you will be prompted to enter the current date and time.
NTP is currently disabled.
Configure NTP related parameters? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]: y
Enter whether or not you would like to set up the
Network Time Protocol (NTP) for this machine.
If you choose to enable NTP, the system time will be configured from NTP servers that you select. Otherwise, you will be prompted to enter the current date and time.
Enable NTP (yes/no) [no]: y
Default NTP server 1=[time.nist.gov] Enter NTP server name or address:
NTP server address must be in the form #.#.#.3, where # is 0 to 255 hexadecimal :
separated v6 address.
Enter NTP server name or [time.nist.gov]:
Enter another NTP server IP address (or none) [none]:
Configure NTP Authentication? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]: y
Enter NTP Auth key Number [1]:
Enter NTP Auth key Value (String) [Secret]: Do you want to continue (yes/no) [no]: y
Step 10
Configure the Prime Infrastructure password:
Please enter your choice [1 - 24]: 6
Cisco Prime Infrastructure communication password has not been configured. Configure Prime Infrastructure password? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Yes]:
Enter a password for the admin user.
The admin user is used by the Prime Infrastructure and other northbound systems to authenticate their SOAP/XML session with the server. Once this password is updated, it must correspondingly be updated on the NCS page for MSE General Parameters so that the Prime Infrastructure can communicate with the MSE.
Step 11 Verify and apply your changes:
Please enter your choice: 24
Please verify the following setup information.
-----------------------------BEGIN------------------------------------------- Hostname=mse1
Role= 1, Health Monitor Intercace=eth0, Direct connect interface=none
Virtual IP Address=10.10.10.11, Virtual IP Netmask=255.255.255.0
Eth0 IP address=10.10.10.12, Eth0 network mask=255.0.0.0
Default Gateway=10.10.10.1
Time zone=America/Los_Angeles
Enable DNS=yes, DNS servers=8.8.8.8
Enable NTP=yes, NTP servers=time.nist.gov
Time zone=America/Los_Angeles
Root password is changed.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure password is changed.
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You may enter "yes" to proceed with configuration, "no" to make
more changes.
Configuration Changed
Is the above information correct (yes or no): yes
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Checking mandatory configuration information...
Root password: Not configured
**WARNING**
The above parameters are mandatory and need to be configured.
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Ignore and proceed (yes/no): yes
Setup will now attempt to apply the configuration. Restarting network services with new settings. Shutting down interface eth0:
The system is minimally configured right now. It is strongly recommended that you run the setup script under /opt/mse/setup/setup.sh command to configure all appliance related parameters immediately after installation is complete.
PRESS <ENTER> TO EXIT THE INSTALLER:
Step 12 Reboot the system:
[root@mse1]# reboot Stopping MSE Platform
Flushing firewall rules: [OK]
Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: nat filter [OK] Unloading iptables modules: [ok]
Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Tue Apr29 14:15:27:2014):
The system is going down for reboot NOW:
Step 13 Start the MSE services:
[root@mse1]# /etc/init.d/msed start
Starting MSE Platform.
Starting Health Monitor, Waiting to check the status. Starting Health Monitor, Waiting to check the status. Health Monitor successfully started
Starting Admin process... Started Admin process. Starting database .....
Database started successfully. STarting framework and services....... Framework and services successfully started
Step 14 After all services have started, confirm MSE services are working properly by entering the following command:
[root@mse1]# getserverinfo
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Configuring MSE High Availability on Secondary MSEs
To prepare your secondary MSE for high availabililty, follow these steps:
Step 1 On the intended secondary MSE, enter the following command:
/opt/mse/setup/setup.sh
The setup script displays the same prompts as for the primary MSE:
Step 2 Configure the secondary MSE hostname:
Please enter your choice [1 - 24]:
1
Current hostanme=[mse1]
Configure hostname? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Yes]: yes
The host name should be a unique name that can identify the device on the network. The hostname should start with a letter, end with a letter or number, and contain only letters, numbers, and dashes.
Enter a hostname [mse]:
mse2
Step 3 Configure the secondary MSE domain:
Please enter your choice [1-24]: 8
Current domain=[ ]
Configure domain name? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]: S
Step 4 Configure the secondary MSE high availability role:
Current role=[Primary]
Configure High Availability? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]: High availability role for this MSE (Primary/Secondary)
Select role [1 for Primary, 2 for Secondary] [1]: 2
Health monitor interface holds physical IP address of this MSE server.
This IP address is used by Secondary, Primary MSE servers and Prime Infrastructure to communicate among themselves
Select Health Monitor Interface [eth0/eth1] [eth0]: eth0
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Direct connect configuration facilitates use of a direct cable connection between the primary and secondary MSE servers.This can help reduce latencies in heartbeat response times, data
replication and failure detection times.Please choose a network interface that you wish to use for direct connect. You should appropriately configure the respective interfaces.
"none" implies you do not wish to use direct connect configuration.
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Select direct connect interface [eth0/eth1/none] [none]:
Current IP address=[1.1.1.10]
Current eth0 netmask=[255.255.255.0] Current gateway address=[1.1.1.1]
Configure eth0 interface parameters? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Yes]:
Enter an IP address for first Ethernet interface of this machine. Enter eth0 IP address [1.1.1.10]: 10.10.10.13
Enter the network mask for IP address 10.10.10.13
Enter network mask [255.255.255.0]:
Enter an default gateway address for this machine.
Note that the default gateway must be reachable from the first Ethernet interface. Enter default gateway address [1.1.1.1]:10.10.10.1
The second Ethernet interface is currently disabled for this machine. Configure eth1 interface parameters? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Yes]: S
Step 5 Configure the secondary MSE timezone settings:
Please enter your choice [1 - 24]: 3
Current Timezone=[America/New_York]
Configure Timezone? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]: y
Enter the current date and time.
Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly. Please select a continent or ocean.
1) Africa
2) Americas
3) Antarctica
4) Arctic Ocean
5) Asia
6) Atlantic Ocean
7) Australia
8) Europe
9) Indian Ocean
10) Pacific Ocean
11) UTC - I want to use Coordinated Universal Time.
#? 2
Please select a country.
1) Anguilla 27) Honduras
2) Antigua & Barbuda 28) Jamaica
5) Bahamas 31) Montserrat
6) Barbados 32) Netherlands Antilles
7) Belize 33) Nicaragua
8) Bolivia 34) Panama
9) Brazil 35) Paraguay
10) Canada 36) Peru
11) Cayman Islands 37) Puerto Rico
12) Chile 38) St Barthelemy
13) Colombia 39) St Kitts & Nevis
14) Costa Rica 40) St Lucia
15) Cuba 41) St Martin (French part)
16) Dominica 42) St Pierre & Miquelon
17) Dominican Republic 43) St Vincent
18) Ecuador 44) Suriname
19) El Salvador 45) Trinidad & Tobago
20) French Guiana 46) Turks & Caicos Is
21) Greenland 47) United States
22) Grenada 48) Uruguay
23) Guadeloupe 49) Venezuela
24) Guatemala 50) Virgin Islands (UK)
25) Guyana 51) Virgin Islands (US)
26) Haiti
#? 47
Please select one of the following time zone regions.
1) Eastern Time
2) Eastern Time - Michigan - most locations
3) Eastern Time - Kentucky - Louisville area
4) Eastern Time - Kentucky - Wayne County
5) Eastern Time - Indiana - most locations
6) Eastern Time - Indiana - Daviess, Dubois, Knox & Martin Counties
7) Eastern Time - Indiana - Pulaski County
8) Eastern Time - Indiana - Crawford County
9) Eastern Time - Indiana - Pike County
10) Eastern Time - Indiana - Switzerland County
11) Central Time
12) Central Time - Indiana - Perry County
13) Central Time - Indiana - Starke County
14) Central Time - Michigan - Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron & Menominee Counties
15) Central Time - North Dakota - Oliver County
16) Central Time - North Dakota - Morton County (except Mandan area)
17) Mountain Time
18) Mountain Time - south Idaho & east Oregon
19) Mountain Time - Navajo
20) Mountain Standard Time - Arizona
21) Pacific Time
22) Alaska Time
23) Alaska Time - Alaska panhandle
24) Alaska Time - Alaska panhandle neck
25) Alaska Time - west Alaska
26) Aleutian Islands
27) Hawaii
#? 21
The following information has been given: United States
Pacific Time
Therefore TZ='America/Los_Angeles' will be used.
Local time is now: Sun Apr 6 18:45:27 PDT 2014. Universal Time is now: Mon Apr 7 01:45:27 UTC 2014. Is the above information OK?
1) Yes
2) No
#? 1
Step 6 Configure the secondary MSE NTP settings:
Please enter your choice [1 - 24]: 5
Network Time Protocol (NTP) Setup.
If you choose to enable NTP, the system time will be configured from NTP servers that you select. Otherwise, you will be prompted to enter the current date and time.
NTP is currently disabled.
Configure NTP related parameters? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]: y
Enter whether or not you would like to set up the Network Time Protocol (NTP) for this machine.
If you choose to enable NTP, the system time will be configured from NTP servers that you select. Otherwise, you will be prompted to enter the current date and time.
Enable NTP (yes/no) [no]: y
Default NTP server 1=[time.nist.gov] Enter NTP server name or address:
NTP server address must be in the form #.#.#.3, where # is 0 to 255 hexadecimal :
separated v6 address.
Enter NTP server name or [time.nist.gov]:
Enter another NTP server IP address (or none) [none]:
Configure NTP Authentication? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]: y
Enter NTP Auth key Number [1]:
Enter NTP Auth key Value (String) [Secret]: Do you want to continue (yes/no) [no]: y
Step 7
Verify and apply your changes:
Please enter your choice: 24
Please verify the following setup information.
-----------------------------BEGIN------------------------------------------- Hostname=mse2
Role= 2, Health Monitor Intercace=eth0, Direct connect interface=none
Eth0 IP address=10.10.10.13, Eth0 network mask=255.255.255.0
Default Gateway=10.10.10.1
Time zone=America/Los_Angeles
Enable NTP=yes, NTP servers=time.nist.gov
Time zone=America/Los_Angeles
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You may enter "yes" to proceed with configuration, "no" to make more changes.
Configuration Changed
Is the above information correct (yes or no): yes
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Checking mandatory configuration information...
Root password: Not configured
**WARNING**
The above parameters are mandatory and need to be configured.
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Ignore and proceed (yes/no): yes
Setup will now attempt to apply the configuration.
Restarting network services with new settings. Shutting down interface eth0:
The system is minimally configured right now. It is strongly recommended that you run the setup script under /opt/mse/setup/setup.sh command to configure all appliance related parameters immediately after installation is complete.
PRESS <ENTER> TO EXIT THE INSTALLER:
Step 8 Reboot the system:
[root@mse2 installers]# reboot
Stopping MSE Platform
Flushing firewall rules: [OK]
Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: nat filter [OK] Unloading iptables modules: [ok]
Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Tue Apr29 14:15:27:2014):
The system is going down for reboot NOW:
Step 9 Start the MSE services:
[root@mse2]# /etc/init.d/msed start
Starting MSE Platform.
Starting Health Monitor, Waiting to check the status. Starting Health Monitor, Waiting to check the status. Health Monitor successfully started
Starting Admin process... Started Admin process. Starting database .....
Database started successfully. STarting framework and services....... Framework and services successfully started
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