On Tue, 4 May 2010, Cameron Smith wrote: > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:17 AM, David Lang > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Tue, 4 May 2010, Cameron Smith wrote: >> >>> 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? >> >> My first question is why you need to tie Postfix to the VIP instead of just >> letting it listen on IPANY (which would let it receive mail at both the >> real IP >> addresses and the VIPs). >> >> I have several dozen clusters with postfix on them, and it works just fine >> without needing to know anything about heartbeat. >> >> David Lang >> >> > Well how do you manage mail accounts for users in addition to mail from the > server itself? Where are the files for those mail accounts living? On one of > the cluster nodes and not on the other (non DRBD device)? What happens to > mail for those people when the node goes down?
Fair point, I didn't think in terms of the users mail stores when thinking about configuring the mail transport. David Lang _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
