Cluster Management
If you belong to the Application Admin user group, you can only view most of the entries, but you can’t edit them.
Purpose
Usually, Virtual Traffic Manager (Traffic Manager) manages the vWAF cluster automatically. Any problems that arise with the cluster are reported on the Traffic Manager’s administration interface (Admin UI) and can be resolved from there, so you don’t need to go through manual cluster management.
Manual cluster management in vWAF is mainly intended to be used for information and troubleshooting purposes. Only edit your configuration here if you are explicitly advised by your support provider to do so.
Opening
To open Cluster Management, select the menu item Administration > Cluster Management.
The page consists of several tabs.
Available Tabs
- Overview: Here you can see how many administration server, decider, and enforcer nodes are currently used. Also you can see how often each capability (see Assigning Capabilities) is used in different applications.
- Capabilities: Here you can select which feature set (capability) is to be available and used for the protection of each application. See Assigning Capabilities.
- Decider Cluster Nodes: Here you can manage the deciders within your cluster. This involves adding and removing cluster nodes, activating and deactivating cluster nodes, as well as retrieving statistics for each cluster node. See Managing Deciders.
- Enforcer: Here you can configure how many enforcers to use. See Managing Enforcers.
- Admin Server: Here you can monitor administration server nodes, and you can change their IP addresses. See Managing Administration Servers.
The Updater tab is usually not needed because the Traffic Manager manages the vWAF cluster automatically. Any problems that arise with the cluster are reported on the Traffic Manager’s Admin UI and can be resolved from there.
If you need to manage your cluster manually, please contact your support provider.