Chapter 5 Customizing Your Configuration

Configuring a Remote Server for AA

Creating Services

Step 1 Run the aregcmd command:

aregcmd

Step 2 Use the cd command to change to the Services level: cd /Radius/Services

Step 3 Use the add command to add the appropriate LDAP service. The following example adds the remote-ldap service:

add remote-ldap "Remote LDAP Service"

Step 4 Use the cd command to change to the remote-ldapobject: cd /Radius/Services/remote-ldap

Step 5 Use the set command to set the type to ldap. You can accept the default Outage Policy and MultipleServersPolicy or you can use the set command to change them.

set type ldap

Step 6 Use the cd command to change to the RemoteServers: cd /Radius/Services/remote-ldap/RemoteServers

Step 7 Use the set command to set the server number and name. By giving each server a number you tell Cisco AR the order you want it to access each server. Cisco AR uses this order when implementing the MultipleServersPolicy of Failover or RoundRobin.

The following example sets the first remote server to the server QuickExample: set 1 QuickExample

The MultipleServersPolicy determines how Cisco AR handles multiple remote servers.

When you set it to Failover, Cisco AR directs requests to the first server in the list until it determines the server is offline. At that time, Cisco AR redirects all requests to the next server in the list until it finds a server that is online.

When you set it to RoundRobin, Cisco AR directs each request to the next server in the RemoteServers list in order to share the resource load across all the servers listed in the RemoteServers list.

Configuring the RADIUS Server

In the default Cisco AR configuration, authentication and authorization are handled through the local-users Service object. This causes Cisco AR to match requesting users with the names in its own database. When you select LDAP as a remote server for authentication and authorization, Cisco AR looks to that server for user information.

 

 

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4.2 specifications

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