The original reference to modifying lvs so that localnode is bypassed is in
http://www.austintek.com/LVS/LVS-HOWTO/HOWTO/LVS-HOWTO.one_box_lvs.html by Horms 2 Sep 2006 the patch http://www.austintek.com/LVS/LVS-HOWTO/HOWTO/files/local_nodes.patch This is quite old, and probably won't apply anymore. Should I enquire about it on lvs-devel? Best Regards Dean Scothern > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:lvs-users- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Dean Scothern > Sent: 30 November 2011 13:42 > To: LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list. > Subject: Re: [lvs-users] localnode question > > > On Wrote, 30 Nov 2011, Joseph Mack wrote: > > > On Wed, 30 Nov 2011, Dean Scothern wrote: > > > > > On Wrote, 30 Nov 2011, Joseph Mack wrote: > > > > > >> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011, Dean Scothern wrote: > > >> > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > >>> Is there a way to either disable or bypass the localnode behaviour > > >>> in > > ipvs? > > >> > > >> other than not using it? > > > What alternatives are there? > > > > 1 and 0 are the only two possibilities in a binary system. > > > > localnode is uses a feature of the kernel. It's in LVS because it was > > possible to do. It isn't a recommended feature for a production LVS. > > You can make a demo LVS out of two boxes but that's about it. > > Mmm a feature, but always enabled? > Perhaps I can stop lvs from using it, by modifying the source? > > The documentation (old) says that lvs loading is quite low so I wanted to test > it. At the moment I can't even do that in this case. > > When I was asking about alternatives I was wondering If other loadbalancing > systems apart from lvs were available for Linux. > > > > > > I have a two box solution in which both nodes are real servers. > > > The boxes are connected via their primary interfaces. > > > Exim(mail) is running on both. Pacemaker is used for HA and can > > > migrate > > the two exims in the usual way. > > > I want to load balance between the two nodes and as I'm not allowed > > > to > > use lvs-dr I've tried to use lvs-nat. > > > To this end I've added a secondary network and again used pacemaker > > > to > > manage the secondary VIPS (and ldirectord). > > > > your diagram didn't survive e-mail. Do you have a mixture of tabs and > blanks? > > > Mmm proportional fonts this end maybe > I'l cut and paste from vi: > > client > | > Primary Network > __________|_______ > |RIP,VIP1 |VIP2,RIP > ======== ======== > = = =lvsnat= > = exim = = exim = > ======== ======== > |_______________| > VIP1s,RIP VIP2s, RIP > Secondary Network > > > > > > I really don't want to add a separate load balancer cluster for the > > > sake of > > two machines. > > > > OK. I don't see any other way out of it. > That's a pity. > > > > Joe > > > > -- > > Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina jmack (at) wm7d > (dot) > > net - azimuthal equidistant map generator at > > http://www.wm7d.net/azproj.shtml Homepage > http://www.austintek.com/ > > It's GNU/Linux! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Please read the documentation before posting - it's available at: > > http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ > > > > LinuxVirtualServer.org mailing list - [email protected] > > Send requests to [email protected] > > or go to http://lists.graemef.net/mailman/listinfo/lvs-users > > > Dr Dean Scothern > Infrastructure > > E: [email protected] > T: +44 (0)1225 474379 > F: +44 (0)1225 474301 > www.eduserv.org.uk > Eduserv is a company limited by guarantee (registered in England & Wales, > company number: 3763109) and a charity (charity number 1079456), whose > registered office is at Royal Mead, Railway Place, Bath, BA1 1SR. > > > _______________________________________________ > Please read the documentation before posting - it's available at: > http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ > > LinuxVirtualServer.org mailing list - [email protected] Send > requests to [email protected] > or go to http://lists.graemef.net/mailman/listinfo/lvs-users _______________________________________________ Please read the documentation before posting - it's available at: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ LinuxVirtualServer.org mailing list - [email protected] Send requests to [email protected] or go to http://lists.graemef.net/mailman/listinfo/lvs-users
