STEP High Availability
Version History
| Release | Modification |
|---|---|
| 5.6.0 | STEP HA introduced |
STEP Repository High Availability
To achieve STEP repository high availability, the conductor is placed in an HA configuration. Each of the two conductor nodes hosts a STEP repository, and both nodes are active. All routers in the authority are connected to both repositories. Each router sends and recieves STEP router document updates from both repositories, providing redundancy in case one of the repositories becomes unavailable. Each router uses existing secure communication channels to the conductor nodes to exchange STEP information.
To configure STEP repository High Availability, enable STEP on each conductor, and then specify the IP addresses of both conductor nodes as STEP repositories:
config
authority
step-repo 192.168.1.11
address 192.168.1.11
description "STEP repository on conductor node 1”
exit
step-repo 192.168.1.4
address 192.168.1.4
description "STEP repository on conductor node 2"
exit
STEP repositories on systems other than the conductor nodes are not supported at this time.
To verify that a given router has established connectivity to its repositories, use the show step clients command:
admin@dut3.Blackall# show step clients
usage: clients [rows <rows>] [<verbosity>]
Show STEP clients
keyword arguments:
rows The number of items to display at once [type: int or 'all'] (default: 50)
positional arguments:
verbosity detail | summary (default: summary)
admin@dut3.Blackall# show step clients
Fri 2022-04-15 21:20:46 UTC
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Repository Uptime Documents Last Received Num Received Last Sent Num Sent Num Disconnects
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127.0.1.2:15555 0 days 22:29:57 None 0 days 0:00:41 1391 0 days 0:01:23 465 2
127.0.1.3:15555 0 days 22:27:15 None 0 days 0:00:41 1393 0 days 0:01:23 465 1
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admin@dut3.Blackall# show step clients detail
Fri 2022-04-15 21:23:34 UTC
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Information
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Item:
Last Client Disconnect Time: 2022-04-14T22:48:26Z
Connected: True
Last Client Connect Time: 2022-04-14T22:50:50Z
Num Updates Received: 1394
Num Router Documents: None
Num Client Connects: 3
Num Client Disconnects: 2
Num Updates Sent: 466
Last Update Received Time: 2022-04-15T21:23:06Z
Name: Blackall_dut3_Step_0
Last Update Sent Time: 2022-04-15T21:22:24Z
Repository: 127.0.1.2:15555
Item:
Last Client Disconnect Time: 2022-04-14T22:51:35Z
Connected: True
Last Client Connect Time: 2022-04-14T22:53:32Z
Num Updates Received: 1396
Num Router Documents: None
Num Client Connects: 2
Num Client Disconnects: 1
Num Updates Sent: 466
Last Update Received Time: 2022-04-15T21:23:06Z
Name: Blackall_dut3_Step_1
Last Update Sent Time: 2022-04-15T21:22:24Z
Repository: 127.0.1.3:15555
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STEP Router High Availability
Starting with release 5.6, routers in an HA configuration (two router nodes) are supported with STEP. This does not require any router specific configuration. Configuring the STEP repository (or two repositories in the case of an HA conductor) at the authority level enables STEP for all routers in the authority, whether they are HA routers or not.
On an HA router, the STEP client functionality is integrated into the routingManager process and thus is performed on the router node that is the primary node for the routingManager process. Use the show system processes command to identify the primary node :
admin@dut5.Townsville# show system processes node all
Fri 2022-04-15 21:35:09 UTC
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Node Process Status Primary Role
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dut5.Townsville accessManager running combo
dut5.Townsville analyticsReporter running combo
dut5.Townsville applicationFrameworkManager running combo
dut5.Townsville configDirector running Y combo
dut5.Townsville conflux running combo
dut5.Townsville databaseQueryCoordinator running combo
dut5.Townsville dnsManager running Y combo
dut5.Townsville dynamicPeerUpdateManager running Y combo
dut5.Townsville highway running combo
dut5.Townsville nfxChassisMonitor running combo
dut5.Townsville nodeMonitor running combo
dut5.Townsville redisServerManager running Y combo
dut5.Townsville routingManager running Y combo
dut5.Townsville secureCommunicationManager running combo
dut5.Townsville securityKeyManager running Y combo
dut5.Townsville snmpTrapAgent running combo
dut5.Townsville stateMonitor running combo
dut5.Townsville systemServicesCoordinator running combo
dut6.Townsville accessManager running combo
dut6.Townsville analyticsReporter running combo
dut6.Townsville applicationFrameworkManager running combo
dut6.Townsville configDirector running N combo
dut6.Townsville conflux running combo
dut6.Townsville databaseQueryCoordinator running combo
dut6.Townsville dnsManager running N combo
dut6.Townsville dynamicPeerUpdateManager running N combo
dut6.Townsville highway running combo
dut6.Townsville nfxChassisMonitor running combo
dut6.Townsville nodeMonitor running combo
dut6.Townsville redisServerManager running N combo
dut6.Townsville routingManager running N combo
dut6.Townsville secureCommunicationManager running combo
dut6.Townsville securityKeyManager running N combo
dut6.Townsville snmpTrapAgent running combo
dut6.Townsville stateMonitor running combo
dut6.Townsville systemServicesCoordinator running combo
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When the node hosting the primary routingManager fails, the other node becomes primary and connects to the STEP repositories.