Initial Setup

After both nodes and MetaDefender MFT HA Controller™ are installed on their respective hosts, an initial configuration is required to activate MetaDefender MFT HA Controller™.

In order to do that, the following steps needs to be done:

  1. Collect the following information on both nodes:

    1. Application Address (e.g. http://192.168.100.101:8010)
    2. Node API key: This is located in the following file on the node's host: <mft-install-dir>\Services\node-manager.appsettings.json

  2. Update the MetaDefender MFT HA Controller™ Configuration

    1. Navigate to the installation directory of the MetaDefender MFT HA Controller™.
    2. Open appsettings.json file
    3. Under HighAvailabilitySettings -> Nodes section, populate the following fields using the information collected from each node:
      • ApplicationAddress
      • NodeManagerAddress
      • ApiKey

  3. Restart the MetaDefender MFT High Availability Controller™ Service

  4. Following a successful installation and startup, the MetaDefender MFT HA Controller™ will be listening on the configured port - port 8100 by default - which is accessible both locally via http://127.0.0.1:8100 and remotely from external hosts, depending on network configuration and firewall settings.

See the Configuration page for more configuration details.

Example

Let's assume we installed both nodes and the HA controller. We collected the following data from the nodes:

Node nameNode addressAPI Key
Node1http://192.168.100.101:8010"API key 1"
Node2http://192.168.100.102:8010"API key 2"

Then fill in the ApplicationAddress, NodeManagerAddressand ApiKey fields for both Nodes section the following way, and restart the MetaDefender MFT HA Controller™ service.

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