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Re: [lvs-users] [Keepalived-devel] Weight being reset

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Subject: Re: [lvs-users] [Keepalived-devel] Weight being reset
From: Graeme Fowler <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:20:59 +0000
Hi Scott

On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 16:01 -0500, Scott McClanahan wrote:
> Thanks for the response but I think the easiest and best approach for me
> would simply be to mod the config with the appropriate weight (this
> doesn't happen so frequently that it's a burden) and perform a reload.

Righto.

> I just need to be sure keepalived handles a HUP signal as I'd expect.  I
> noticed in previous releases HUP signals weren't always handled so
> gracefully.  I'd like to make sure the master stays master and
> interruptions to users are avoided.

I believe this is a function of the length of the config, any changes
that need to be made and your VRRP advert interval (and probably
ancillary things like disk IO). If a HUP makes keepalived take longer
than necessary to re-read and do $stuff, it'll stop sending adverts and
you may experience a race failover while the master fiddles with config
(and Rome burns).

You may (although I hesitate to say this if keepalived is well-used by
you) want to switch to ldirectord, since it does in-service config
changes (like weights) without a signal. As long, of course, as the
config is sane!

Graeme



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