Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] redundant/resiliant dnsmasq servers?

2016-03-26 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:06:39AM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > Yes, but that's not the trigger for the original inquiry - it was > explicitly about a software crash: > No it wasn't. Read the message you linked.

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] redundant/resiliant dnsmasq servers?

2016-03-26 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:06:57AM -0400, Weedy wrote: >On 26 Mar 2016 9:50 am, "Chris Green" <[1]c...@isbd.net> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:00:17PM -0400, Weedy wrote: >> >On 25 Mar 2016 13:21, "Kurt H Maier" <[1][2]k...@sciops.net> >wrote: >> >> >>

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] redundant/resiliant dnsmasq servers?

2016-03-26 Thread Weedy
On 26 Mar 2016 9:50 am, "Chris Green" wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:00:17PM -0400, Weedy wrote: > >On 25 Mar 2016 13:21, "Kurt H Maier" <[1]k...@sciops.net> wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:12:52PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > >> > Would not it

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] redundant/resiliant dnsmasq servers?

2016-03-26 Thread /dev/rob0
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:06:39AM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > Regarding failover or backups, be sure to check dhcp-authoritative. > It does not appear that dnsmasq has facilities to share its leases > database with other software. You'd probably have to cook > synchronization on your own

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] redundant/resiliant dnsmasq servers?

2016-03-26 Thread Chris Green
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:00:17PM -0400, Weedy wrote: >On 25 Mar 2016 13:21, "Kurt H Maier" <[1]k...@sciops.net> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:12:52PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: >> > Would not it be more useful to supervise and restart the service in >case >>

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] redundant/resiliant dnsmasq servers?

2016-03-26 Thread Matthias Andree
Am 25.03.2016 um 22:34 schrieb Kurt H Maier: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:00:17PM -0400, Weedy wrote: >> Considering dhcp typically runs on the router in a home, I think hardware >> failure would cause you bigger issues then "oh crap I can't even DNS" > > People use dnsmasq outside of home, as

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] redundant/resiliant dnsmasq servers?

2016-03-25 Thread Weedy
On 25 Mar 2016 13:21, "Kurt H Maier" wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:12:52PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > > Would not it be more useful to supervise and restart the service in case > > of a crash? Service management is ubiquitous on the major distributions > > these

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] redundant/resiliant dnsmasq servers?

2016-03-25 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:12:52PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > Would not it be more useful to supervise and restart the service in case > of a crash? Service management is ubiquitous on the major distributions > these days... and in case the crash isn't due to memory exhaustion by > other

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] redundant/resiliant dnsmasq servers?

2016-03-25 Thread Matthias Andree
Am 24.03.2016 um 20:34 schrieb Rick Thomas: > > My home network recently suffered 5 hours of downtime because the dnsmasq > server crashed and took out my DNS and DHCP service. > > Is it possible to run a backup instance of dnsmasq on a different server so > this wouldn't happen again? Would

[Dnsmasq-discuss] redundant/resiliant dnsmasq servers?

2016-03-24 Thread Rick Thomas
My home network recently suffered 5 hours of downtime because the dnsmasq server crashed and took out my DNS and DHCP service. Is it possible to run a backup instance of dnsmasq on a different server so this wouldn't happen again? How would I configure this? I can (and do) have two