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On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 12:55:11PM -0400, Ted Pavlic wrote:
> I've never used ldirectord; I wrote some of my own utilities and rewrote a
> bit of mon so that both will read from real simple (seven lines maybe) ifcfg
> files in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory in RH. (like
> ifcfg-ipvslvs0 sorta stuff)
>
> BUT... I was wondering...
>
> You see -- a big reason why I don't use things like ldirectord is because I
> load balance 1024+ virtual servers (which are mainly web virtual hosts) onto
> four identical real servers. Most programs like ldirectord would require me
> to setup 1024 entries in some configuration file in order for me to do what
> I need done.
>
> The way I've setup my system is allowed mon (and the other scripts which
> setup the ipvs for me) to respond to subnets. That is, I can say that my
> virtual server is 216.69.196.0/22 which should be balanced onto servers A,
> B, C, and D. Then alerts inside mon as well as ifup/ifdown files which
> recognize this automatically bring the whole subnet up or down balanced onto
> those four servers that I also put in that same configuration file.
>
> Basically I'm asking if ldirectord (or any other package) supports this sort
> of mechanism... The ability to load balance a subnet rather than just one
> signel virtual server.
>
> I apologize if ldirectord does have this ability and my laziness to not read
> any of its documentation has left me in the dark, but I'm guessing it does
> not.
Ldirectord does not have this functionality but it could easily be added.
--
Horms
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