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| -rw-r--r-- | src/man/include/failover.xml | 12 |
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diff --git a/src/man/include/failover.xml b/src/man/include/failover.xml index efe3ee424..dbf9d5464 100644 --- a/src/man/include/failover.xml +++ b/src/man/include/failover.xml @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <title>FAILOVER</title> <para> The failover feature allows back ends to automatically switch to - a different server if the primary server fails. + a different server if the current server fails. </para> <refsect2 id='failover_syntax'> <title>Failover Syntax</title> @@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ listed in order of preference. The list can contain any number of servers. </para> + <para> + For each failover-enabled config option, two variants exist: + <emphasis>primary</emphasis> and <emphasis>backup</emphasis>. + The idea is that servers in the primary list are preferred and + backup servers are only searched if no primary servers can be + reached. If a backup server is selected, a timeout of 30 seconds + is set. After this timeout SSSD will periodically try to reconnect + to one of the primary servers. If it succeeds, it will replace + the current active (backup) server. + </para> </refsect2> <refsect2 id='failover_mechanism'> <title>The Failover Mechanism</title> |