Set up Heartbeat on Primary Brekeke SIP Server
Create SIP Monitoring Heartbeat on primary Brekeke SIP Server
At primary Brekeke SIP Server admintool > [Configuration] > [Heartbeat], create [New Heartbeat]---------------------------------------------------
Monitoring methods: SIP
IP Address: 127.0.0.1<:port>
//localhost and port (port setting is optional if using default SIP port 5060)
Interval: 10000
Response Code: leave it blank
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Save the settings
Add Actions to SIP Monitoring Heartbeat
Action 1: Delete virtual IP from primary server PC when failover happens to avoid IP confliction because primary Brekeke SIP server is inactive but network is still alive.---------------------------------------------------
Type: Delete IP Address (Linux/Win)
Position: 1
Interface Name: the interface name, e.g. eth0 or Local Area Connection
IP Address: VIRTRUAL_IP_ADDRESS, e.g. 172.16.0.10
Subnet mask: subnet mask of virtual IP, e.g. 255.255.0.0
Remote URL: leave it blank
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Action 2: Send notification email when primary Brekeke SIP Server is inactive
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Type: Send Email
Position: 2
To: a real email address
From: a real email address
Subject: text
[Body]
SMTP Server: your mail server address
POP3 Server: your mail server address
User: your mail server logon information
Password: your mail server logon information
SMTP authentication: on
Encrypted Connection(SSL): off/on depend on your mail server type
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Save the settings
Create Network Monitoring Heartbeat on primary Brekeke SIP Server
At primary Brekeke SIP Server admintool > [Configuration] > [Heartbeat], create [New Heartbeat]---------------------------------------------------
Monitoring methods: Network
IP Address: a network device IP, such as router IP e.g. 172.16.0.1
Timeout: 3000
Interval: 500
Retry: 2
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Save the settings
Note: Set large number to [Timeout] and [Retry] fields when it takes time to get response from network device due to slow network, such as using VPN for network connection.
Add Action to Network Monitoring Heartbeat
Action 1: Delete virtual IP from primary server PC to avoid IP confliction in case network connection is resumed after failover happens---------------------------------------------------
Type: Delete IP Address (Linux/Win)
Position: 1
Interface Name: the interface name, e.g. eth0 or Local Area Connection
IP Address: VIRTRUAL_IP_ADDRESS, e.g. 172.16.0.10
Subnet mask: subnet mask of virtual IP, e.g. 255.255.0.0
Remote URL: leave it blank
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Save the settings
Start Heartbeat
At primary Brekeke SIP server admintool >[Configuration] > [Heartbeat] page, click the [start] button for both network and SIP monitoring heartbeat.If the [Auto Start] check box is checked, the heartbeat will start automatically when Brekeke SIP Server restarts.