Verify the Master Slave Configuration

Verify the Master Slave Configuration

What does Master/Slave mean?

In computer networking, master/slave is a model for a communication in which one device or process (known as the master) controls one or more other devices or processes (known as slaves). Once the master/slave relationship is established, the direction of control is always from the master to the slave(s). 
In a master-slave configuration of SafeSquid, a specific instance of SafeSquid (the master server) manages other instances of SafeSquid (the slave servers). The stand-alone and slave instances are almost identical in functionality.
A slave server acts as a single (stand-alone) instance of SafeSquid, managing network computers. Furthermore, the slave server receives policies and tasks from its master server. 
The master server does not have its own managed computers, but it indirectly manages those of its slave servers by assigning policies and tasks to them. Another purpose of the master server is to provide you with information on the network security status, by centralizing data from all managed servers. In this way, you can get centralized results from all the clients of the slave servers in a single report.

Prerequisites

SafeSquid should be installed and activated using same product activation key on all the machines (master as well as slave)

Master Slave configuration

Access the SafeSquid User Interface

Configuration on Slave Server

Go to Support

Select Support section to verify the Master Slave configuration 

Go to Startup params

Select Startup params to verify the Master Slave configuration      
Edit startup parameters to verify the Master Slave configuration 
Give IP address of Master server in startup parameters 
Give port of master sever in master port entry in startup parameters 
Save edited Startup parameters in startup parameters 
Restart to apply edited parameters in startup parameters       
select backup of startup parameters configuration 

Configuration on Master Server if authentication is Enabled 

Go to Access Restriction under Application Setup

Select Access Restriction in application setup to configure policies if authentication is enabled on master server  
Select Access Restriction in application setup to configure policies if authentication is enabled on master server 

Go to Allow list 

Enabled the policy as True for giving access to Slave server 
Enabled the policy as True for giving access to Slave server 
Enabled the policy as True for giving access to Slave server 
Enabled the policy as True for giving access to Slave server 
Enabled the policy as True for giving access to Slave server 
Verify the synchronization of defined sections on Slave server
Verify the synchronization of defined sections on Slave server




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