Local binding support for CAA-WS

You can use binding for normal network connections.

In some localities there are multiple governmental web services, where in one of the security layers the web server of the government checks from which IP the user is coming.

This feature provides the option to bind to a certain network interface.

When there is no option to configure a binding for NIC to use within a Cloverleaf HA environment, the connection comes from a NODE IP. This is an unacceptable scenario.

There is also an option within CAA-WS to bind to a certain IP. This is similar to the Virtual Cluster IP with all of the normal network connections within Cloverleaf.

"route" command

On AIX, the server administrator can use theroute command to set up a static route record for binding.

For example, a user has an adapter "A" with an IP address of a.a.a.a and an adapter B with an IP address of b.b.b.b. The target service is served on IP c.c.c.c. These can specify the traffic through the adapter "A". For example::

route add c.c.c.c a.a.a.a

For details on using the route command, see Using the route command.