Example Proxy HA configuration Using HAProxy (MWG >= 8.2)

Overview

Starting with SWG version 8.2, Skyhigh Security introduced a new HAProxy feature. This makes manual changes mandatory if you update frome an older version that is using mfend. This article is to show a simple example configuration for Proxy HA mode.

HAProxy support for ICAP Proxy was introduced with following SWG versions: 8.2.12, 9.2.3, 10.0. The configuration for ICAP is the same as for HTTP.

Action plan

• Upgrade or install latest main version
• Perform configuration changes as indicated below
• In case of any failures, create a Service Request and provide:
  • feedback file
  • short description about used interfaces and their need (in-/outbound, IP addresses)

Example Proxy HA configuration

This is a config example to create a proxy HA cluster with 2 SWG's.

Interfaces:

• SWG1 eth0: 10.116.40.3
• SWG2 eth0: 10.116.40.4

SWG1 Configuration:

• Scanners table: 10.116.40.4 (type: Peer Director), 10.116.40.3 (type: Scanner)
• Director priority: 90
• VIP: 10.116.40.5/32
• VRRP: eth0
• HTTP: 10.116.40.3:9090 (in general, bind management IP address to every port you want to configure)
• FTP (if enabled): 10.116.40.3:2121

SWG2 Configuration:

• Scanners table: 10.116.40.3 (type: Peer Director), 10.116.40.4 (type: Scanner)
• Director priority: 50
• VIP: 10.116.40.5/32
• VRRP: eth0
• HTTP: 10.116.40.4:9090 (in general, bind management IP address to every port you want to configure)
• FTP (if enabled): 10.116.40.4:2121

Test HA feature from GUI on the active director:

"Troubleshooting" > "Network tools" > type in parameter "all" > choose "hastats".

Output on active director:

hastats all : 
Mode: Active Director 
HTTP - IPv4 
+-------------+------+-------------------+-------------------+ 
| Server |Status|Sessions per Second|Cumulative Sessions|
 +-------------+------+-------------------+-------------------+ 
 |10.116.40.4 | UP | 0 | 0 | 
 +-------------+------+-------------------+-------------------+ 
 |10.116.40.3 | UP | 0 | 0 |
+-------------+------+-------------------+-------------------+

 

FTP not configured

If you run the test on redundant director, it will only say to run this command on active director.

NOTES:

• We highly recommend to use a /32 subnet mask for any VIP address
• You can configure multiple VIPs. At least one needs to be on the same interface as the VRRP.
• Director priority =0 = scanning only node
• Director priority >0 = possible director node
• If you want to configure a scanning-only machine, set director priority to =0 and most options will automatically grey out.
• In this case you MUST change the HTTP listener from 10.116.40.3:9090 back to 0.0.0.0:9090 (same for any other active listener)