Gateway model
What is the gateway model?
In the gateway model, traffic is initially directed to a PingAccess node, and PingAccess grants or denies access directly. The application in PingAccess is configured with the site as the destination.
Pros
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Less cross-team coordination required — You can implement and maintain a gateway deployment with less coordination with application teams because the PingAccess infrastructure is installed on separate systems from the web servers.
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Simpler setup — Because the PingAccess nodes are the only required components, this deployment model can be set up more quickly than the other models.
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Simpler upgrade — The only components you must upgrade in a gateway deployment are the PingAccess nodes.
You can upgrade PingAccess with zero downtime in a clustered environment.
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Simpler troubleshooting — Issues are easier to isolate because there are fewer components sharing a system with the PingAccess infrastructure.
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Simpler logging — All transactions that PingAccess processes are audited by the engine node, making it easier to view logs for a specific event.
Cons
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Network impact — Using the gateway deployment model requires that you restructure your existing network to route traffic through PingAccess.
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Additional network overhead — The overhead of an additional network hop can theoretically exceed a latency budget. This rarely happens in practice, and the agent model often makes a similar addition to latency, but this might occur in some environments.