Example failover configuration

In this example, a WebSEAL server is configured to support forms authentication and failover authentication.

1. The user authenticates to WebSEAL using forms authentication.
2. The WebSEAL server sends a failover authentication cookie to each client (browser).

   The cookie data specifies the cookie was created in a forms authentication environment.

3. When the WebSEAL server becomes unavailable, the failover cookie is sent to a second WebSEAL server.
4. The second WebSEAL server receives the failover cookie, and examines it to determine the user's previous authentication method.
5. The second WebSEAL server uses data from the cookie to authenticate the user and build a user credential.

Configuration instructions in this chapter:

• Add the authentication strength level

Parent topic: Failover authentication concepts