Failover Monitoring support between different software versions - Platform - BlueCat Gateway - 25.3.0

Gateway Administration Guide
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Product name
BlueCat Gateway
Version
25.3.0

Due to limitations and changes between different versions of Gateway, Address Manager, and Gateway's Address Manager REST API, Failover Monitoring support varies between different combinations of software versions. This table lists the version combinations that support Failover Monitoring, along with additional notes or limitations for that combination.

Software versions REST API version Details and limitations

Gateway v25.3.0 or greater

Address Manager 9.4.x, 9.5.x, 9.6.x or higher

 REST v1 API

Can be configured by admin users only.

Gateway sessions are maintained after a failover event if the current user satisfies the following:

  • The user is an admin user.

  • The user logged in with primary-address-manager as their selected Address Manager server.

  • The user logged in with the same user credentials as those configured for Failover Monitoring.

Non-admin users can log in with primary-address-manager, but the Gateway session will not be maintained after a failover event.

Gateway v25.3.0 or greater

Address Manager 9.5.x, 9.6.x or higher

Address Manager 25.1 or higher

 REST v2 API

Can be configured by both admin and non-admin users.

Gateway sessions are maintained after a failover event if the current user satisfies the following:

  • The user logged in in with primary-address-manager as their selected Address Manager server.

  • The user logged in with the same user credentials as those configured for Failover Monitoring.
Tip: To change which version of Gateway's Address Manager REST API is used by Gateway, see Setting the Address Manager REST API client version.