When initially setting up cloud HA, the active unit should have First in the top-right corner of the LoadMaster WUI.

The standby unit should show Second.

After setting up the load balancer (Internal Load Balancer (ILB) for Azure or Network Load Balancer for AWS) the units should switch from:

  • First to First Unconnected
  • Second to Second Unconnected

This means the LoadMasters have not been polled by the load balancer. Once the load balancer has the health check correctly set, the units should switch from:

  • First Unconnected to First (Active)/First (Standby)
  • Second (Unconnected) to Second (Active)/Second (Standby)