Re: [lvs-users] Alias on lo blocks everything

[Graeme Fowler <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 10:41 +0100, Pieter Temmerman wrote:
> In every tutorial I have read on VLS, it stated that in order to receive
> traffic on the VIP, the real servers should have the VIP assigned to the
> lo:0 alias interface.
> 
> When I do this, that particular server is unreachable and is either able
> to reach other servers in the network. When I remove the lo:0 alias,
> everything is back to normal again.

Make sure you add the alias with a /32 netmask (255.255.255.255) or that
host will suddenly believe the whole of the LAN it resides upon is bound
to the loopback adapter.

Graeme