OVH offers a feature called OVH Failover IP Gateway. Read the article to find out more. Bobcares, as a part of our Server Management Service offers solutions to every OVH query that comes our way.

What is OVH Failover IP Gateway?

OVH is a prominent provider of cloud solutions and hosting services. One of its features is the OVH Failover IP Gateway. We may set up a gateway IP address for the failover IP addresses using this feature.

An extra IP address that may be linked to a server or VM is known as a failover IP address in the context of networks. It serves as a fallback in the event that the primary IP address is unavailable. One IP address may be designated as the gateway for all of the failover IP addresses using the OVH Failover IP Gateway functionality.

Setting up a failover IP gateway will make network configuration and infrastructure maintenance easier. We can use a single gateway IP address for all failover IP addresses rather than allocating separate gateways to each one. As a result, maintaining network routing is made simpler and consistent connectivity is maintained across the system.

Using the OVH control panel or API, we can effortlessly set up and modify the gateway IP address for the failover IP addresses when using the OVH Failover IP Gateway. Because of its adaptability, we may modify the network setup as necessary to guarantee high availability and a smooth failover in the event that the primary IP address has problems.

Setup Steps

1. With the login credentials, access the OVH management panel.

2. Find the “Failover IP” area in the control panel.

3. Assign or link the server or device to the failover IP address. Usually, this is choosing the server from the list and setting the failover IP to correspond with it.

4. Configure the network interface of the server or device by getting physical access or via a remote management panel.

5. Assign the network interface’s failover IP address to serve as its gateway. The operating system on the server will determine the precise procedures to do this. To define the IP address and gateway, for instance, we would normally change the network configuration file (such as /etc/network/interfaces) on a Linux machine.

6. In order to make sure that network traffic is correctly routed through the failover IP address, we may need to set up routing rules, depending on how the network is configured.

7. Set the failover IP as a gateway for traffic passing through the server’s firewall.

8. Make sure that network traffic is successfully routed and that the failover IP address is configured as the gateway by testing the connectivity.

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Conclusion

In general, the OVH Failover IP Gateway function makes managing and configuring failover IP addresses in the infrastructure easy and effective, which streamlines network configuration and boosts dependability.