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Re: LVS on Mandrake 7.0

To: Joseph Mack <mack.joseph@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: LVS on Mandrake 7.0
Cc: Andreas Schiffler <schiffler@xxxxxx>, lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Donald Ball <balld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:15:01 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Joseph Mack wrote:

> Andreas Schiffler wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am new to LVS and am trying to set up a tunneling VS on a stock
> > Mandrake 7.0a installation (kernel-2.2.14-15mdk) - so far with no
> > results. Maybe anyone knows what is missing ...
> > 
> > I have two machines (.194 and .196) and an alias IP (.193). I followed
> > the instructions on the HOWTO document about TUN server setup for use
> > with port 80 for the apache web server. Requests directed to the real
> > server work. Requests directed to the director's ip or its alias don't
> > work. Basically no packets show up on the tunneling device of the real
> > server - i.e. the real server never seems to get the requests.
> > 
> > Regarding the version ...
> > [root@www1 linux]# ipvsadm
> > IP Virtual Server version 0.9.4 (size=4096)
> 
> I don't have enough information right now to hazard a guess. You should 
> try a patch for 2.2.14 (eg >=0.9.9) and setup telnet as your LVS service.

Personally, I found that both NAT and direct routing were much easier to
configure than ip tunneling. If you don't want to do NAT, I can't see much
reason to prefer tunneling over direct routing, unless your machines
aren't physically proximate.

- donald



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