[OpenIndiana-discuss] HA or keepalived in OI / solaris

[Jason Matthews]

be advised that i have only been able to get vrrp to work in global zones. 

i found references to people thinking it could work in zones with the right incantation but alas i couldnt find it. perhaps my jarred dragon breath was to dated. 

otherwise vrrp more or less works as expected. 

j. 

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On Jan 28, 2013, at 7:30 AM, James Carlson <carlsonj at workingcode.com> wrote:

> On 01/28/13 09:11, Ram Chander wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I want a floating IP that can switch between two servers for HA. Since
>> keepalived is only for linux, is there anyother alternative in OI   ?
> 
> The VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) and ILB (integrated load
> balancer) features should be able to do this.  See this for a possible
> starting point:
> 
> http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/821-1453/gkkky.html
> 
> I have personal reservations against using VRRP in this manner, but
> there are obviously quite a few who disagree.
> 
> -- 
> James Carlson         42.703N 71.076W         <carlsonj at workingcode.com>
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