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      harald.wachauer
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      Hi,

      i am wondering if it is possible to setup HA with a existing, configured system.
      I have pfsense in a virtuall invirement to seperate two networks, so only firewall rules in place.
      For more comfort on doing maintanance etc. I would like to set up HA.
      Any experience anyone? :-)

      thanks a lot, Harald

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        Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
        last edited by

        It's possible, but with some downtime.
        Check out https://www.netgate.com/resources/videos/high-availability-on-pfsense-24.html - if I remember correctly Jim is talking about it. Not 100% sure but the hangout is worth watching anyway if you want to go for HA. ๐Ÿ˜€

        -Rico

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          harald.wachauer
          last edited by

          Thanks, thats a great video!!! :-)
          Here I found some other information wich is usefull:

          https://www.slideshare.net/NetgateUSA/high-availability-part-2-pfsense-hangout-july-2016

          Harald

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            SteveITS Galactic Empire
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            also the Book:
            https://www.netgate.com/docs/pfsense/book/highavailability/index.html

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