Am Dienstag, 4. Mai 2010 17:45:34 schrieb Cameron Smith: > I am currently using Heartbeat to manage http, mysql and a DRBD device > between two nodes. > > I want to also manage Postfix with Heartbeat. > > What things should I keep in mind in the configuration of Postfix so that > mail services are tied to the IP managed by Heartbeat rather then the IP's > of each node? Are there any unique things regarding HA and an MTA I should > be aware of when setting this up?
The only thing why I would set up a HA-cluster for postfix instead of a load balancing solution (LVS) is the following reason: Reinjection of mails that were queued on a failed node. In this case you would have to set up DRBDs for /var/spool/postfix. Greetings, -- Dr. Michael Schwartzkopff MultiNET Services GmbH Addresse: Bretonischer Ring 7; 85630 Grasbrunn; Germany Tel: +49 - 89 - 45 69 11 0 Fax: +49 - 89 - 45 69 11 21 mob: +49 - 174 - 343 28 75 mail: [email protected] web: www.multinet.de Sitz der Gesellschaft: 85630 Grasbrunn Registergericht: Amtsgericht München HRB 114375 Geschäftsführer: Günter Jurgeneit, Hubert Martens --- PGP Fingerprint: F919 3919 FF12 ED5A 2801 DEA6 AA77 57A4 EDD8 979B Skype: misch42 _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
