Configure Primary and Backup OneSpan Authentication Server Instances

OneSpan User Websites supports a backup OneSpan Authentication Server instance to use if the primary server instance becomes unavailable. This prevents service interruptions, even if one of the OneSpan Authentication Server instances is shut down for maintenance.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have two OneSpan Authentication Server instances installed and configured correctly.

Configure a primary and a backup OneSpan Authentication Server instance

To configure a OneSpan Authentication Server instance use the following command:

admintool type website server add nameurl

To configure a OneSpan Authentication Server instance and automatically retrieve and add the respective server certificates to the trust store use the following command:

admintool type website autoadd nameurl

where:

• website is the website to configure, i.e. selfmgmt for User Self-Management Website and votp for Virtual Mobile Authenticator OTP Request Website. If you deploy both websites, you need to run the command twice with different parameters for type.

• name is the parameter to set an instance of OneSpan Authentication Server as primary or backup server. Possible values are primary or backup.

• url is the IP address including the SOAP port of the OneSpan Authentication Server instance in URL format, e.g. https://10.2.2.15:8888.

Set the primary server for the Virtual Mobile Authenticator OTP Request Website using https at address 192.0.2.1 and port 8888:

admintool type votp server add primary https://192.0.2.1:8888