Create a server group to manage regional connections

If you want to manage regional connections for the enterprise connectivity features offered by the BlackBerry Connectivity Node, you can deploy multiple instances of the BlackBerry Connectivity Node in a dedicated region as a server group. When you create a server group, you specify the regional data path that you want the components to use to connect to the BlackBerry Infrastructure. Server groups also support redundancy, high availability, and load balancing for BlackBerry Connectivity Node instances.

Install and configure multiple instances of the BlackBerry Connectivity Node.

1. In the management console, on the menu bar, click Settings > External integration > BlackBerry Connectivity Node setup.
2. Click .
3. Type a name and description for the server group.
4. In the Country drop-down list, select the appropriate country.
5. If you want to disable the company directory connection for the instances in the server group, select the Override Directory Service settings check box.
6. By default, the BlackBerry Gatekeeping Service in each BlackBerry Connectivity Node instance is active. If you want gatekeeping data to be managed only by the main BlackBerry Connectivity Node instance, select the Override BlackBerry Gatekeeping Service settings check box to disable each BlackBerry Gatekeeping Service in the server group.
7. If you want to use DNS settings for BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus that are different from the default settings (Settings > Infrastructure > BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus), select the Override DNS servers check box. Do the following:
   1. In the DNS servers section, click . Type the DNS server address in dot-decimal notation (for example, 192.0.2.0). Click Add. Repeat as necessary.
   2. In the DNS search suffix section, click . Type the DNS search suffix (for example, domain.com). Click Add. Repeat as necessary.
8. If you want to configure logging settings for the BlackBerry Connectivity Node instances in the server group, select the Override logging settings check box. Do any of the following:
   • In the Server log debug levels drop-down list, select the appropriate log level.
   • If you want to route log events to a syslog server, select the Syslog check box and specify the host name and port of the syslog server.
   • If you want to change local log settings, select the Enable local file destination check box. Specify the size limit (in MB), the age limit (in days), and select whether you want to compress log folders.
   • If you want to configure different log levels for BlackBerry Connectivity Node components, in the Service logging override section, click and select the appropriate component and log level. Repeat as necessary.
9. If you want to use the instances in the server group for only one type of connection, select the Enable single-service performance mode check box. In the Connection type drop-down menu, select the connection type (BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus only, BlackBerry Secure Gateway only, or BlackBerry Proxy only).
10. If you want to specify the BlackBerry Secure Gateway settings for the instances in the server group, select the Override BlackBerry Secure Gateway settings check box. For iOS devices that use modern authentication to connect to Microsoft Exchange Online, specify the discovery endpoint and mail server resource:
    1. Select the Enable OAuth for mail server authentication check box.
    2. In the Discovery endpoint field, specify the URL to use for discovery requests. Enter the discovery endpoint in the format https://<identity provider>/.well-known/openid-configuration (for example, https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/.well-known/openid-configuration) or https://login.windows.net/common/.well-known/openid-configuration).
    3. In the Mail server resource field, specify the URL of the mail server resource to use for authorization and token requests using OAuth. For example, https://outlook.office365.com.
11. Click Save.

Select the server group and click to add BlackBerry Connectivity Node instances to it. You can add an instance to a server group or remove an instance from a server group at any time.