Adding a load-balancer only makes sense if it is itself redundant, otherwise you'll just add a SPoF to the whole setup.
For small installs, being able to specify multiple radius servers is by far the simplest approach. On December 10, 2025 9:50:52 PM GMT+01:00, Justin VanAbrahams <[email protected]> wrote: >Could use a load balancer here - haproxy or nginx or I think freeradius can do >this. None of these solutions would be bulletproof, but they'd serve the >purpose. > > > >From: Brad Turnbough <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 8:48 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: redundant radius hosts? > >I have asked before, and was told no. Maybe you can figure it out? > >If you do figure it out, please do share.. I'd like to implement it if so. > > >Thank you, > >Brad Turnbough >Senior Technology Analyst > >[cid:[email protected]] >P: 309.272.2739 F: 309.272.2839 > >www.betterbanks.com<http://www.betterbanks.com/> >www.statestreetbank.com<http://www.statestreetbank.com> > >NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any document attached >hereto is intended only for the named recipient(s). If you are not the >intended recipient, nor the employee or agent responsible for delivering this >message in confidence to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified >that you have received this transmittal in error, and any review, >dissemination, distribution or copying of this transmittal or its attachments >is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmittal and/or >attachments in error, please notify me immediately by reply e-mail and then >delete this message, including any attachments. >From: Tony Guadagno ><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 10:37 AM >To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >Subject: redundant radius hosts? > >External email. Please make sure you trust this source before clicking links >or opening attachments. >Hi, is it possible to supply multiple host names for the radius config so that >guac will try the second if the first was unresponsive? I am using the docker >containers and using this environment variable: >RADIUS_HOSTNAME > >Thanks > > > >Tony >
