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Re: [lvs-users] LVS active passive with NAT - IP used with external syst

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Subject: Re: [lvs-users] LVS active passive with NAT - IP used with external systems
From: Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:45:09 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Fernando Gomes wrote:

> I have installed one application in one real server that 
> connects to an external system. This external system 
> validates our server by IP address. What I found is that 
> the IP address that the external system sees is the IP 
> address of the load balancer

I expect external machines will see client processes on 
the realserver to be calling from the RIP.

> and not the VIP address of the load balancer cluster. Is 
> there any way to force the IP address

The IP address of what?

> to be the VIP, in order to work with any of the load 
> balancers, if a loadbalancer switch occurs?

if you want client processes on the realserver to call from 
the VIP, look in the HOWTO for clients on realservers. 
You'll need iptables rules.

Joe

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