Configuring Controller Cluster IP

This document details the steps to configure the Controller Cluster IP.
To configure the Controller cluster IP:
  1. Navigate to
    Administration
    Controller
    Nodes
    Edit
    .
  2. Specify the virtual IP address in the
    Controller Cluster IP
    field.
  3. Under
    Cluster Nodes
    , enter the
    Node IP
    ,
    Hostname
    ,
    Password
    , and the
    Public IP Address
    or hostname of the Controller virtual machine.
    The
    Edit Controller Configuration
    screen appears.
    In case of an existing two-node or three-node cluster configuration, to change the Controller cluster IP from the cluster IP configuration screen, delete the existing cluster IP and add a new one.
  4. Starting with
    NSX Advanced Load Balancer
    22.1.3, the following UI is available:
    1. Navigate to
      Administration
      Controller
      Nodes
      .
    2. Click
      Edit
      . The
      EDIT CLUSTER
      screen is displayed.
    3. Under
      Cluster Node
      , click
      ADD
      to add the
      Node IP
      ,
      Hostname
      ,
      Password
      and
      Public IP Address
      .
    1. Click
      SAVE
      .
The Controller Cluster IP gets programmed as a sub-interface on the leader node's primary NIC, and must be in the same subnet as the controller nodes. Whenever there is a failover, this IP is reprogrammed on the new leader's primary NIC.
10.146.3.2 is the Controller cluster IP programmed on a leader in a three-node cluster.
admin@demo-gcp-fa-cluster-node-1:~$ ip a 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1460 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 42:01:0a:92:03:1c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 10.146.3.28/32 brd 10.146.3.28 scope global eth0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet 10.146.3.2/32 scope global eth0:1 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::4001:aff:fe92:31c/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever