Description

This article explains how to install IDP on a node that is in a cluster.

Symptoms

The secondary node does not have an IDP database or has an old database. Usually, when a node is replaced in a cluster.

IDP db cannot be directly installed via online/offline methods.

Solution

When the cluster is active and the node is secondary, IDP cannot be directly installed, it has to be installed from the primary node.


  1. Log in to the primary node and download the IDP database online or offline:
    1. request security idp security-package download full-update // Online method
    2. request security idp security-package offline-download package-path /var/tmp/<file_name> //Offline method
  2. Install the database
    1. request security idp install

Note:

When these commands are run from the primary node, and if the node has an IDP DB installed already,

  1. In the online method, if the primary node has an old database, a new database will be downloaded and installed on both nodes.
  2. In the offline method, if the DB version of the downloaded file and the DB version of the primary device are the same, it will install the DB ONLY on the secondary node, if not, it will install on both nodes.


Modification History

2025-08-28 : Article Created