Viewing the configuration status of all master servers

You can view the list of IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager master servers and their health status in the Multi-Master cluster to help you to identify problems, if any, in the masters. You can also view the Db2 HADR configuration status of the primary and standby masters.

About this task

In a Multi-Master cluster, regularly monitoring the health status of IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager instances are essential to quickly identify and correct the problems. You can check to see whether all the communication ports are active and reachable on each master server in your Multi-Master deployment.

Use the IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager Multi-Master page or Get All Masters Status REST Service to view the list of servers and their status.

Procedure

Using the graphical user interface
1. Log in to the graphical user interface.
2. On the home page, click the menu icon () at the upper left of the page.
3. Click Data redundancy > Multi-Master.
4. On the Multi-Master page, view the status information of the servers that are configured to identity problems, if any.
  - View the master servers and their configuration status.
  - View the master servers that are configured with Db2 HADR and their configuration status.
5. To log in to a configured master server, click the Launch IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager console link.
Using REST services
1. Open a REST client.
2. Obtain a unique user authentication identifier to access IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager REST services. For more information about the authentication process, see Authentication process for REST services.
3. Run Get All Masters Status REST Service as shown in the following example.
```
GET https://localhost:<port>/GKLM/rest/v1/ckms/nodes/allNodeStatus
Content-Type: application/json
Accept : application/json
Authorization: SKLMAuth userAuthId=139aeh34567m
Accept-Language : en
```

What to do next

Use the status information to investigate problems, if any, and to take the necessary actions.