[Spacewalk-list] placing Satellite behind a VIP

[Justin Edmands]

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:36 PM, wm-lists <wm-lists at nixpeeps.com> wrote:

> I'm in the process of placing my satellite server and its passive backup
> at our DR location behind a VIP address (rhn.domain.net).  The VIP will
> forward traffic to whichever satellite is running (DR or Primary).  I've
> already got the failover/backup db part figured out.
> What I'm trying to figure out is whether I need to do a
> spacewalk-hostname-rename on the primary satellite server and give it the
> new VIP name or is there a better process for this.
>
> The idea is that I can configure the DR server w/ the same SSL
> configuration, restore the current db backup to the DR location and start
> up satellite there in the event something happens to our primary server.
>
> Any thoughts about how to handle this?
>
> Thanks!
> Will
>
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Well since you said the main reason is for SSL, just use a SAN. Subject
Alternative Name. If self signed, you can use quite a few. If provided by
3rd party, I think most limit it to 5 SANs per cert.
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