Which SolOs support 2 NTP Server (Active/Backup) configuration for Appliance !

Abhikesh
Abhikesh Member Posts: 34 ✭✭
edited August 2021 in General Discussions #1

Which SolOs support 2 NTP Server (Active/Backup) configuration for Appliance ?

This is required for redundancy purpose, I know workaround but more interested to know if in recent SolOs we have such feature!

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  • nram
    nram Member, Employee Posts: 80 Solace Employee

    @Abhishek , I don't believe multiple NTP servers are supported (yet) on Solace appliances. Just curious .. whats the workaround you have in mind?

  • Abhikesh
    Abhikesh Member Posts: 34 ✭✭

    @nram we can leverage Virtual IP Address.
    VIP will be mapped with 2 NTP Server (Active/Backup).

  • brenda
    brenda Member, Employee Posts: 9 Solace Employee

    I am confirming that configuration of multiple NTP servers is not currently supported on SolOS appliances.

  • Abhikesh
    Abhikesh Member Posts: 34 ✭✭

    Thanks @brenda for Confirmation.

  • marc
    marc Member, Administrator, Moderator, Employee Posts: 955 admin

    @Abhikesh said:
    @nram we can leverage Virtual IP Address.
    VIP will be mapped with 2 NTP Server (Active/Backup).

    @Abhikesh I believe you could go this route as from a Solace Broker perspective it will just recognize the VIP as one NTP server. That said, there are some considerations to this approach in general - there is a concise summary here: https://serverfault.com/questions/805939/ntp-high-availability-behind-a-virtual-ip

  • Abhikesh
    Abhikesh Member Posts: 34 ✭✭
    edited August 2021 #7

    Thanks @marc, after reading this https://serverfault.com/questions/805939/ntp-high-availability-behind-a-virtual-ip, It seems VIP NTP will do more harm than good if proper considerations didn't taken..

  • Shivanand
    Shivanand Member Posts: 2
    Hi Solace team - What is the latest on this more than 1 NTP IPs to configure in appliances...and on which SOLOS version it is available at the moment?
  • Shivanand
    Shivanand Member Posts: 2
    Release 10.6.1 — December 15, 2023

    Feature Description
    NTP Server List

    The Network Time Protocol (NTP) implementation on the PubSub+ Appliance has added support for up to eight NTP servers.

    And what is the LTS version going to be released > 10.6.1, so that we can adopt it.