TRITON - Web Security Help, Version 7.7 - Websense

Web Security Server AdministrationPolicy Server communicates with Filtering Service to aid in policy enforcement and isresponsible for identifying other Websense software components and tracking theirlocation and status.When you log on to TRITON - Web Security, you are logging onto a graphicalinterface to Policy Server.You cannot log on to TRITON - Web Security until it is configured tocommunicate with Policy Server.If your Websense software installation includes multiple Policy Servers, you canswitch between Policy Server instances after logging on to TRITON - WebSecurity.You can add and remove Policy Server instances within TRITON - Web Security.Communication between TRITON - Web Security and one Policy Server instance isestablished during TRITON - Web Security installation.Most environments require only one Policy Server. A single Policy Server cancommunicate with multiple Filtering Service and Network Agent instances for loadbalancing. In very large organizations (10,000+ users), however, it may help to installmultiple instances of Policy Server. If you install additional Policy Servers, add eachinstance to TRITON - Web Security (see Reviewing Policy Server connections, page371).Reviewing Policy Server connectionsTRITON - Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.xUse the Settings > General > Policy Servers page to review Policy Serverinformation for all Policy Server instances associated with TRITON - Web Security.If you have multiple Policy Server instances that share a subscription key, you cancreate one instance as the primary Policy Server, and the others as secondary PolicyServers. This may save you some time in configuring the Policy Server connections.To see the secondary Policy Server instances associates with a primary Policy Serverin the list, click the “+” symbol next to the Policy Server name or IP address.For each listed Policy Server, the table shows both a short description and acommunication port. Primary Policy Server entries also include the subscription keyassociated with the instance and its secondaries, as well as the subscription level (forexample, Web Security or Web Security Gateway) of the key.Click Add to associate an additional Policy Server with this TRITON - WebSecurity instance. See Adding or editing Policy Server instances, page 372.Click a Policy Server IP address or name to edit configuration information for theselected instance. See Adding or editing Policy Server instances, page 372.TRITON - Web Security is associated with one Policy Server instance atinstallation time. This becomes the base Policy Server for the TRITON - WebSecurity installation, and its IP address and description cannot be changed.TRITON - Web Security Help 371