Why not just use a DNS name in the pound.cfg file? Pound will resolve
it at startup time.
Alternatively, listen on 0.0.0.0 - aka all IPs.
-- Dave
On 1/25/2013 9:50 AM, Pat Erler wrote:
we are evaluating things like this for a while, but up until now the
effort to manage (and extend) a management tool seemed to be bigger than
what we do now..
thanks anyway!
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Andreas Hilboll <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> we like to have a pound server on standby in case the live
server fails.
>> problem is, that we can't keep the pound.cfg centralized as the
>> HTTP/HTTPS Listen -> Address line is server specific.
>>
>> is there a way to fill this variable with the `hostname` for
instance?
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> PAT
>>
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> I am not actually sure if pound supports exactly what you are looking
> for. One alternative would be to use a virtual IP addres:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_IP_address
>
> I have done this in my previous job and it worked very well (although
> it wasn't with pound). YMMV!
>
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And of course you could use a configuration management tool like puppet
or chef. That'll be way to heavy for only managing pound, but maybe
your current pound need gives you a reason to move towards something
like that.
A.
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