Configuration distribution

A Pointsharp ID Admin can distribute its configuration to another Pointsharp ID Admin, and let the latter listen to the latest updates of the configuration.

To start the distribution, we need to create the configuration required for the listening server, the slave server, so it knows where to find the server distributing its configuration, the master server. Master server configurations will be imported into each slave server. To do so follow these steps:

  1. Start Pointsharp ID Admin GUI on the master server.

  2. Go to the menu bar and select File > Configuration Distribution > Export…

  3. Ensure that the pre-generated URL is the URL to the master server, and that the credentials are provided if required for using the Web Services on this machine.

  4. Select Export…

  5. Enter the name of the configuration package and select Save. The configuration package will contain all necessary data required for a slave server to start listening to this master server.

  6. Start Pointsharp ID Admin GUI on the slave server.

  7. Go to the menu bar and select File > Configuration Distribution > Import…

  8. Select the generated configuration package file from step 5 to import.

  9. Verify that the import was successful by closing the Pointsharp ID Admin GUI on the slave server and reopen it again. The revision number should be the same as for the master server.

  10. Start Pointsharp ID Admin GUI on the master server.

  11. Go to the menu bar and select File > Configuration Distribution > Revision Report.

  12. Verify that the name of the machine of the slave server is listed, and that the revision number is the same as the revision number of this master server.

Repeat step 6 to step 12 for each slave server that should listen to the master server.