Switching the master server on Linux systems

By default, server 0 (zero) is the master server. To switch the master to another server, set the deployment option masterDatabaseServerID to the other server ID as follows:

1. From the /opt/BESServer/bin command prompt, start the command line:

   ./iem login --server=servername:serverport --user=username --password=password

2. From the /opt/BESServer/bin command prompt, run the following command:

    ./iem get admin/fields > /appo/switchmaster.xml 

3. In the /appo/switchmaster.xml file, add or edit the following keyword and its value:

     <Name>masterDatabaseServerID<Name>
     <Value>0</Value>

   to switch the master server to another master server:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <BESAPI xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
      xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="BESAPI.xsd">
       <AdminField Resource="http://9.87.126.68:52311/api/admin/field
        /masterDatabaseServerID">
          <Name>masterDatabaseServerID</Name>
          <Value>3</Value>
       </AdminField>
   </BESAPI>

4. Upload the modified file by running the following command:

    ./iem post /appo/switchmaster.xml admin/fields

After the value has successfully replicated to the new server, it become the master server. If a server suffers a failure while it is the master, another server must be made the master server by direct manipulation of the ADMINFIELDS table in the database.