Remove Failover Group from Port Map Group

Method:              DELETE URI:                       /ALF/ServerGroup/{serverGroupId}/FailoverGroup/{FailoverGroupId} This method will remove a failover group from a port map group.

Update Failover Group

Method:              PUT URI:                      /ALF/ServerGroup/{serverGroupId}/FailoverGroup/{FailoverGroupId} This method allows you to change the failover group name. Parameter Description Name “string”  

Update Overflow of Failover Group

Method:              PUT URI:                       /ALF/ServerGroup/FailoverGroup/Overflow/{FailoverGroupId} This method allows you to change the overflow of a failover group. Parameter Description Overflow boolean (0/1) OverflowMethod “string” GlobalMaxClients “string” IsTrafficUnavailable boolean (true/false) IsTrafficSticky boolean (true/false) TrafficStickyMinutes “string”  

Add a Device to a Failover Group

Method:              PUT URI:                       /ALF/ServerGroup/FailoverGroup/{FailoverGroupId}/AddServer/{ServerId} This method will place an existing device in a failover group.

Remove Device from Failover Group

Method:              PUT URI:                       /ALF/ServerGroup/FailoverGroup/{FailoverGroupId}/RemoveServer/{ServerId} This method will remove an existing device from a failover group.

Retrieve all Failover Groups for a Port Map Group

Method:              GET URI:                       /ALF/ServerGroup/{ServerGroupId}/FailoverGroupAll This method retrieves all failover groups of a port map group. The {options} allow you to refine the results retrieved from the API. They must be formatted as a query string, e.g. if you use more than one, the 2nd one onwards should be preceded by an ampersand “&” character. The […]

How Fast is DNS Failover?

We’re often asked how quickly an ‘A’ or ‘AAAA’ record controlled by a DNS Failover pool can update across the internet. TLDR: 2.5 minutes is about as fast as it can go. If you’re curious how we came up with this number, here’s the backstory on how it all works. DNS Failover update speed is […]

How Does DNS Failover Work?

Total Uptime’s DNS Failover automation is a powerful way of increasing availability for any type of web-based service or application that is accessible via multiple IP addresses. Some examples include: An application behind two or more different ISP links Two or more servers at the same or different sites Two or more cloud or hosting […]

Quick Start Video: How to Configure Network Failover

In this Quick Start Video, we’ll give you a basic overview of configuring network failover, a feature in our Cloud Load Balancer. This will allow you to have active/standby traffic routing that sends traffic to your backup server(s) only when the primary server(s) go down.