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Re: [lvs-users] could virtual ip one arbitrary ip address ?

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Subject: Re: [lvs-users] could virtual ip one arbitrary ip address ?
From: Malcolm Turnbull <malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 12:09:01 +0100
Tom,

Yes, its just like any other internal address i.e. same as exposing a
single web server to a public IP address.

On 12 April 2014 06:06, Hatt Tom <net.study.sea@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If I configure my vip to be local private ip ,then should I do a DNAT
> on gateway to forward packet to the vip ?
>
>
>
> 2014-04-09 22:20 GMT+08:00 Ferenc Wagner <wferi@xxxxxxx>:
>> Hatt Tom <net.study.sea@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> 2014-04-09 15:38 GMT+08:00 Ferenc Wagner <wferi@xxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>>> Hatt Tom <net.study.sea@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> could virtual ip one arbitrary ip address? no matter what network
>>>>> segment it is .
>>>>
>>>> Yes, the VIP can be any address, as long as traffic sent to it reaches
>>>> the director by some means.  If it's not in the local network of your
>>>> director, you will probably need explicit routing rules to achieve this.
>>>
>>> I want to know why I need explicit routing rules to send packet to
>>> realserver?
>>
>> I was talking about the director, not the real servers.  You MAY need
>> explicit routing rules to send packets addressed to the VIP towards the
>> director, depending on your network setup.
>>
>>> The director knows the ip of the selected real server, then just
>>> forwarding it, not need a router.
>>
>> If you are doing direct routing, then right, the director is the router
>> towards the real servers.
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Feri.
>>
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