Hi Eric, No problem moving it. I wasn't sure about where to put it so started at the beginning. :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Eric "Shubes" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 October 2006 19:54 To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] Qmailtoaster failover server procedure Great stuff, Craig. I might be trying this out in the not too distant future. BTW, I moved this link from the main page to the "Tips and Tricks" page. Not that this isn't a major contribution, just that it seems to fit better there. Hope you're ok with that. Thanks a bunch! Craig Smith wrote: > Hello all, > > Just a quick one to let everyone know, that I've posted up a procedure with > scripts that will allow you to configure a backup qmt server that will > always be 1 min behind your primary server. Some of you may already have > something in place but for those that don't, this is relatively straight > forward and on my 2 fc 5 boxes it works without any issues at all. > > Any change made on the main server including incoming mail replicates to the > backup server. When mail is collected and then removed from the primary, > that same change replicates to the backup. > > The nice thing with this, is that you don't need to worry about it, you > always have an up to date backup of qmail on hand. Should your primary ever > fail, you simply switch ip on the backup so that it assumes the role of > primary. The backup then becomes your primary server, and once the primary > is sorted and rebuilt it then resumes as your backup, by simply switching > the scripts around. > > This is my first realy foray into scripting so please have some patience > with any mistakes. There are no doubt a number of ways this can be done, > but I found this to be quite simple especially with the scripts in place. > > Please let me know what you think, or if anything is unclear so I can edit > it accordingly. > > I hope this is of some help to some people. > > It is under option 5 on the main page of the wiki or directly as below. > > http://wiki.qmailtoaster.com/index.php/QMT_Failover_replication_Setup > > Regards, > > Craig > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Craig Smith - Systems Engineer - Doctor Net > t. 0870 770 4990 - f. 0870 770 4991 > -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
