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Re: [lvs-users] Local Forwarding method - IP change?

To: "LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list." <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [lvs-users] Local Forwarding method - IP change?
From: Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:43:35 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008, David Coulson wrote:

> I have a number of IPVS rules configured like this.
>
> Prot LocalAddress:Port Scheduler Flags
>  -> RemoteAddress:Port           Forward Weight ActiveConn InActConn
> TCP  10.250.83.201:80 wrr
>  -> 169.254.1.20:80              Local   1      0          0
>  -> 169.254.1.21:80              Masq    1      0          0
>
> Everything works okay, however for connections where the forwarding
> method is 'Local', the resulting TCP connection is not modified and in
> the case above, we see connections still going to 10.250.83.201, rather
> than 169.254.1.20. Is this the intended method,

yes. the replies have to come from the VIP, so the 
connection from the client has to terminate in the VIP.

> and is there a work around so that the TCP connection is 
> modified such that the destination address of the TCP 
> connection is changed?

have a look at this.

http://www.austintek.com/LVS/LVS-HOWTO/HOWTO/LVS-HOWTO.rewrite_ports.html#re-mapping_ports_with_iptables

however since your setup is working the way it's supposed 
to, it would be easier to use it that way, rather than 
trying to break it.

Joe
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