On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Caleb Call <calebc...@me.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 26, 2012, at 10:35 PM, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 10:42 PM, Caleb Call <cc...@overstock.com> wrote:
>>> Is it possible to setup a basic zone and be able to allow the use of load 
>>> balancers (virtual)?  I've tried setting up a couple different combination 
>>> of network offerings but I always get an error message similar to this when 
>>> I setup the zone:
>>>
>>> "failed to create a guest network for basic zone. Error: Provider 
>>> VirtualRouter doesn't support services combination: [Dhcp, Dns, Lb, 
>>> UserData]"
>>>
>>> So, is it possible?  If it is, what am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>>
>> It used to be possible.
>> In 2.2.x there was a concept of Elastic Load Balancer. I _think_ the
>> networking changes introduced in 3.0 broke ELB (but I could be
>> completely wrong about the reason why) , and when it was resurrected
>> it was a Netscaler-dependent feature - so it is possible, has been
>> done in the past, but certainly doesn't currently work in the 3.0.x
>> versions.
>>
>> --David
>
>
> Thanks David and Mice, it's too bad this is no longer supported.  Is this 
> something that is (or could be) on the roadmap for future development?  Seems 
> this would be a much wanted feature for small and/or test environments where 
> the cost of netscalers is prohibitive and the complexity of an advanced zone 
> isn't needed.
>
> Thanks

I don't know if it is on any roadmap - but it certainly could be if
someone wanted to do the work. And hopefully a good start could be had
by looking at how it was done in 2.2.x

--David

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