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Brian Lalor wrote:
> A couple of points of feedback so-far: the HOWTO points you to the
> Mini-HOWTO for installation. The link to the mini here[1] points back
> to that page, instead of the mini.
thank you
> The Mini-HOWTO places (IMO) *way* too much emphasis on that configure
> script.
agree.
mini-HOWTO was written quite a while ago to make sure anyone
could get an LVS up without us having to answer the same questions
over and over. It's satisfied the original requirement.
The configure script was written for the same reason. It checks
everything and will give informative errors no matter what you've
done to mess up your setup. It's a behemoth for sure, but it was
also written to be idiot proof. With the arrival of more
sophisticated setup tools, its time has past.
As you've found, there is a regular command line setup there.
Either LVS users are more sophisticated now or the mini-HOWTO
is handling all the little problems, because we don't hear
many people with those same questions anymore.
If I was writing the HOWTOs now, I would just put in the command line
setup. However back then, there weren't any configure tools at all
and it wasn't obvious when or whether any would arrive.
The question then is whether to rewrite it.
I spent a lot of time checking the examples and to go back and start
from scratch and check a new HOWTO would probably take me 6months.
No-one's volunteered to pay me for 6 months, so it will have to
stay the way it is for a while.
> A final nit: I don't see any information about setting up NAT, in the
> LVS-NAT configuration, to allow the real-servers to make outbound
> connections to the external network.
http://www.austintek.com/LVS/LVS-HOWTO/HOWTO/LVS-HOWTO.LVS-NAT.html#client_on_realserver
http://www.austintek.com/LVS/LVS-HOWTO/HOWTO/LVS-HOWTO.3-Tier.html
Thanks for the suggestions
Joe
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Joseph Mack PhD, High Performance Computing & Scientific Visualization
SAIC, Supporting the EPA Research Triangle Park, NC 919-541-0007
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