Viewing the list of master servers and their configuration status

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

You can also view the list of masters and status information on the IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager welcome page.

Procedure

  1. Go to the appropriate page or directory.
    Graphical user interface
    1. Log on to the graphical user interface.
    2. On the Welcome page, click Administration > Multi-master.
    REST interface
    Open a REST client.
  2. View the list of servers and their status information to identity problems, if any.
    Graphical user interface
    DB2 HADR configuration status is displayed on the IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager Multi-Master page.
    1. Click the Masters tab to view the list of masters that are configured for multi-master replication, and their configuration status.
    2. Click the HADR Databases tab to view the list of masters that are configured with DB2 HADR and their configuration status.
    REST interface
    1. Obtain a unique user authentication identifier to access IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager REST services. For more information about the authentication process, see Authentication process for REST services.
    2. To run Get All Masters Status REST Service, send the HTTP POST request. Pass the user authentication identifier that you obtained in Step a along with the request message as shown in the following example.
      GET https://localhost:<port>/SKLM/rest/v1/ckms/nodes/allNodeStatus
Content-Type: application/json
Accept : application/json
Authorization: SKLMAuth userAuthId=139aeh34567m
Accept-Language : en
    For more information, see Get All Masters Status REST Service.

What to do next

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