Hi,
I have just enabled the LVS connection sync daemon, but some things
about the way it works aren't entirely clear to me.
There is an active LVS, running ipvs_syncmaster and a backup LVS,
running ipvs_syncbackup. I feel I should mention the machines run pretty
old kernels (2.4-not-latest). I use the local node feature, i.e. both
machines are also real servers.
On both machines, I see the UDP multicast traffic I expect:
16:19:16.876496 IP tweety.sipo.nl.55286 > 224.0.0.81.8848: UDP, length: 28
16:19:25.875012 IP tweety.sipo.nl.55286 > 224.0.0.81.8848: UDP, length: 28
(tweety.sipo.nl being the master).
Now, knowing nothing about multicast in general, my question is: what
are the security implications of this kind of traffic? The servers are
on a shared switch. Are other machines on the LAN able to pick up any
sensitive data from my load balancers? How could I secure this?
And I have another question.
On the master, I see this:
martijn@tweety:~> rr ipvsadm -L -n
IP Virtual Server version 1.0.10 (size=4096)
Prot LocalAddress:Port Scheduler Flags
-> RemoteAddress:Port Forward Weight ActiveConn InActConn
TCP 212.204.230.98:80 sh
-> 212.204.230.91:80 Route 200 10 19
-> 212.204.230.96:80 Local 200 3 18
On the backup LVS, I see:
martijn@daffy:~> rr ipvsadm -L -n
IP Virtual Server version 1.0.12 (size=4096)
Prot LocalAddress:Port Scheduler Flags
-> RemoteAddress:Port Forward Weight ActiveConn InActConn
TCP 212.204.230.98:80 sh
-> 212.204.230.91:80 Local 200 10 16
-> 212.204.230.96:80 Route 200 0 0
The number of active connections pointing to the second server (which is
the active LVS) is 0 on the backup machine. I would expect it to be 3,
just like on the master.
Does that have something to do with the fact that Forward == Local? Or
is there something I am missing?
And what about the number of inactive connections on the backup? I
thought only ESTABLISHED connections are synchronized. When does a
connection become 'inactive' on the backup? When it is no longer active
on the master?
Best regards,
Martijn Grendelman
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