On 06/10/2011 12:39 AM, Simon Horman wrote: > On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 11:53:21PM -0700, Ray W. Johnson wrote: > >> >> On 06/09/2011 05:01 PM, Simon Horman wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 01:33:46PM -0700, Ray W. Johnson wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Greetings all, >>>> >>>> New to the list and to LVS. Just need a bit of insight. Please excuse >>>> these potential newbie questions. >>>> >>>> I read through most of the HOWTO (:-1) specifically on the LVS-DR setup >>>> (http://www.austintek.com/LVS/LVS-HOWTO/HOWTO/LVS-HOWTO.LVS-DR.html). I >>>> think this is the best way to accomplish my goal. >>>> >>>> I have 10 servers, all with regular IPs. One will act as director, the >>>> others as real servers. However, I do not have direct access to them. >>>> Only via SSH login. So my questions are directly related to remote access. >>>> >>>> Is setting up LVS via SSH even possible? >>>> >>>> Can all the servers have IP aliases that allow me direct access via SSH? >>>> >>>> Can I just use normal/public IPs (and not private 192. IPs)? (note: the >>>> director will eventually be set to only allow connections from specified >>>> outside IPs/clients and those connections will have heavy filtering) >>>> >>>> Am I missing something critical? :/ >>>> >>>> Thanks for any info or insight. I will be re-reading the HOWTOs and docs. >>>> >>>> >>> Hi Ray, >>> >>> the answer to all your questions is Yes. >>> >>> If you are planning to do this without remote access you >>> will need to be careful that you don't loose network connectivity >>> - e.g. due to a misconfiguration while setting things up. >>> For this reason I would suggest using at least one of the >>> following if possibile. >>> >>> 1) A separate physical NIC for admin >>> 2) Serial console or other lights-out access >>> >>> If that is not possible you will just need to be super careful. >>> I would start with a trial run on machines you do have console >>> access to. >>> >>> >> I will do a trial run on my extra laptop. >> >> The director has kernel version 2.6.18-238.el5. Do I still need to patch >> or download one from ftp.kernel.org? >> > That version should work fine although many new features have been added > since then. If you want/need the latest version of LVS, the latest kernel > is the best place to be. > > >> And, the servers need an RIP and VIP, can the VIP's still be private >> (192.x.x.x) IPs? >> > Yes. > > Sweet! Thanks! I will get the latest kernel.
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