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Each Cisco Service Selection Gateway (Cisco SSG) requires its own Cisco Service Selection Dashboard (Cisco SSD). For organizations with multiple Cisco SSGs, configuring each Cisco SSD with a unique URL can become complicated for users. For example, one group might log in to www.ssg1.company.com, another into www.ssg2.company.com, and so on.
The Redirector simplifies this by redirecting requests from a single URL to different Cisco SSDs, based on the user's IP address. For example, if a user enters the URL www.company.com and the user is assigned to www.ssg1.company.com, the Redirector at www.company.com redirects the user to www.ssg1.company.com. Then, the user's browser automatically resends the request to www.ssg1.company.com. All subsequent communication occurs directly between the user and www.ssg1.company.com.
To configure and start the Redirector, do the following:
Each Cisco SSG requires its own Cisco SSD. Select from the following:
Although each Cisco SSG requires its own Cisco SSD, you can create multiple Cisco SSDs on a single system.
To create multiple Cisco SSDs on a single system, install the software as described in "Installing the Cisco Service Selection Dashboard" and follow these steps for each Cisco SSG:
Step 1 Make a copy of the dashboard.conf file and name it something unique. For example, you could name it SSG1.conf.
Step 2 Open the file with a text editor.
Step 3 Change the IPADDRESS parameter in the [SSG] section to the IP address of the Cisco SSG.
Step 4 Change the PORT parameter in the [MESSAGING_SERVICE] section. Make sure the number is unique and does not match the port of any other Cisco SSD on this system. For example, if you have four Cisco SSGs, you might use ports 9901, 9902, 9903, and 9904.
Step 5 Save and close the file.
Step 6 Make a copy of the startDS script and name it something unique. For example, you could name it startSSG1.
Step 7 Open the file with a text editor.
Step 8 Change the port number that the Cisco SSD will use to listen for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests. Make sure the number is unique and does not match the port of any other Cisco SSD on this system. For example, if you have four Cisco SSGs, you might use ports 9001, 9002, 9003, and 9004.
Step 9 Change the port number to match the port specified in Step 4.
Step 10 Make sure the script references the configuration file specified in Step 1.
Step 11 Save and close the file.
Step 12 Repeat this procedure for each Cisco SSG.
To start the Cisco SSDs, select from the following:
Step 1 Open the httpRedirector.conf file.
Step 2 Add the following line for each Cisco SSG:
where ip_address and subnet are used to specify the range of IP addresses that will be redirected to the Cisco SSD and redirectionip and port are the IP address of the Cisco SSD and the port on which it listens for HTTP requests.
Step 3 Save this file and exit.
port | Port number (default: 80). |
filename | Name of the configuration file (default=httpRedirector.conf). |
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