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Re: Apache: Simple load balancing

To: "LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list." <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Apache: Simple load balancing
From: Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 18:47:24 +0900
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 11:44:53AM +0200, krimo wrote:
> Horms a écrit :
> 
> >On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 08:18:25PM +0200, krimo wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>Purcocks, Graham a écrit :
> >>
> >>   
> >>
> >>>Whats the output from
> >>>
> >>>Ipvsadm?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     
> >>>
> >>Here is the output of ipvsadm command:
> >>
> >>TCP  10.16.0.44:www rr
> >>-> 10.16.0.41:www               Route   1      0          0       
> >>
> >>It seems to be OK no? (I'm testing only with one real server at the 
> >>moment)
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >There are a number of different things that have to take place for 
> >your load balanced connection to be successful. And LVS-DR is the most
> >tricky in regards to this.
> >
> >1. You need to make sure that packets for the VIP arrive on the
> >  Linux director and are treated as packets that need local delivery.
> >  This typically means adding the VIP to an interface on the Linux
> >  director, and surpressing ARP advertisments for the VIP from other
> >  hosts (only needed for LVS-DR).
> >
> >2. You need to make sure that once packets are forwarded by LVS,
> >  the real server can handle them. For LVS-DR, this usually
> >  means establishing the VIP on the lo interface of the real
> >  servers and surpressing arp advertisments of the VIP.
> >
> >3. You need to make sure return packets make it back to the
> >  end-user. For LVS-NAT this means making sure the return path for
> >  packets goes through the Linux Director. For LVS-DR it means
> >  making sure that the don't.
> >
> >Unfortunately you are stuck at 1. It doesn't matter that you haven't
> >handled ARP on the real servers because the VIP isn't there. And that
> >doesn't matter, because packets aren't being forwarded to the real
> >servers at all.
> >
> >Assuming that you don't have some crazy iptables or policy routing foo
> >going on, if the VIP belongs to the Linux Director, and your LVS table
> >looks like the above, the packets should get intercepted by LVS and sent
> >to 10.16.0.41. You should see the active or in-active connection count
> >increment (one of the trailing two 0's above).  Your connection might
> >not succeede, but in this case your problem would lie in 2 or 3.
> >
> >The one caveat to all of this is, that with LVS-DR, unless you do
> >something really special, neither the linux director can act as clients
> >of the VIP. In both cases connection will, go to the local process, if
> >there is one. I suspect that you are connecting to the cluster from the
> >linux director, try a host that is neither the linux director, nor a
> >real server. It can either be the same network (this wouldn't work for
> >LVS-NAT) as linux director or a different network that has access to the
> >VIP.
> >
> > 
> >
> You're right! I used "links" web browser to test my installation from 
> the "director". I've tested this morning with a client outside the 
> cluster and... it works!

Excellent news.

-- 
Horms

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