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Learn how to administer settings in HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) elements and communication between the elements.
High availability and failover
You can configure clustered HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) servers, and agents for high availability. You can also configure agents and agent relays for failover.
High availability overview
To configure clustered high availability for HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy), you must use a load balancer. You can configure a cold standby server by using a load balancer or configuring the servers' DNS.
High-availability agent communication
Agents communicate with the server over HTTP or HTTPS. These modes of communication are handled differently in a high availability scenario.

Administering
Learn how to administer settings in HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) elements and communication between the elements.
- Backup and recover
  You can back up and recover the contents of your HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) installation.
- High availability and failover
  You can configure clustered HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) servers, and agents for high availability. You can also configure agents and agent relays for failover.
  - High availability overview
    To configure clustered high availability for HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy), you must use a load balancer. You can configure a cold standby server by using a load balancer or configuring the servers' DNS.
    - High-availability server processes
      While high-availability servers complete the same processes as standalone servers, they run slightly differently and access files in run slightly different locations than individual servers do.
    - High-availability agent communication
      Agents communicate with the server over HTTP or HTTPS. These modes of communication are handled differently in a high availability scenario.
- Setting up high-availability clusters
  To configure a high-availability cluster, you store shared files on network storage. Then, you configure multiple servers, set each server to access the same files and database, and configure a load balancer to distribute the traffic between the servers.
- Adding cold standby servers
  You can add cold standby servers to serve as a backup server or for disaster recovery. You must start the secondary server or servers when the active server fails, and network traffic is routed to the secondary servers.
- Server settings and configuration
  After you install HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy), you can modify the server configuration and configure more options.
- Setting user preferences
  Each user can specify display options for the server, including the language for the server and how the server shows times and dates.
- Agents and agent relay configuration
  After you install an agent for HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy), you can modify its configuration or create an agent relay to facilitate communication to remote relays.
- Licensing
  HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) provides a 60-day license-free evaluation period. To use all product features after the evaluation period, you must have a license.
- Setting up the wizard for new users
  HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) includes a wizard to help users become familiar with the procedures and steps in creating a deployment. Some configuration is required before the wizard can be used.
- Customizing the table views
  Customize a table view in the HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) application by hiding or showing, and reordering of the table columns.
- Managing data

High-availability agent communication

Agents communicate with the server over HTTP or HTTPS. These modes of communication are handled differently in a high availability scenario.

HTTP or HTTPS communication

A standard load balancer handles HTTP or HTTPS server-agent communications. Authentication is run on every request; any server can run validation for any request. You configure HTTP or HTTPS server-agent communication when you configure your cluster of servers. See Setting up clusters of servers.

In case of server failure, user-server authentication must be redone unless the ‘remember me’ cookie is used.