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Re: [lvs-users] IPVS with SNAT support on the kernel 2.6.36 + iptables v

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Subject: Re: [lvs-users] IPVS with SNAT support on the kernel 2.6.36 + iptables v1.4.10
From: sven _ <svensven@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:57:04 +0100
Sorry, my replies didn't go to the list. Here's the latest post.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:24 PM, sven _ <svensven@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, sven _ wrote:
>>> I only have logging rules in mangle-POSTROUTING, so the packet
>>> continues. After that chain, it should enter nat-POSTROUTING (where
>>> I have logging rules and then the SNAT rule), but that chain is
>>> bypassed. tcpdump on the realserver shows that there's no source
>>> NAT happening.
>>
>>        Then xt_ipvs does not match the packet. What is the
>> used kernel and do you have CONFIG_IP_VS_NFCT=y ? In
>> 2.6.37+ do you have /proc/sys/net/ipv4/vs/conntrack set to 1?
>
> I run 2.6.37 trunk (Debian-packaged), where I have
> CONFIG_IP_VS_NFCT=y
>
> I did not have net.ipv4.vs.conntrack set, but I have set it now. The result
> is still the same, though: Packets don't seem to traverse nat-POSTROUTING
> at all on their way out towards the realserver.
>
>>> Where is it determined whether or not the LVS-constructed packet
>>> should traverse this and that netfilter chain?
>>
>>        In 2.6.37 if /proc/sys/net/ipv4/vs/conntrack is
>> not enabled all IPVS packets are marked as untracked by
>> ip_vs_notrack() and NAT can not match them. If conntrack=1
>> then you can try to add debugging into net/netfilter/xt_ipvs.c
>> ipvs_mt() to see which branch sets match = false.
>
> Is it correct that as long as xt_ipvs is loaded, then I should see that the
> nat-POSTROUTING chain is traversed? Or is a combination of xt_ipvs,
> net.ipv4.vs.conntrack=1, and perhaps something else needed?
>
> Here are some details on my setup:
>
> *Two-node setup with both LVS and realserver on each.
>
> *mangle-PREROUTING set up to MARK packets with dst=virtual_ip
>  and mac-source != mac_of_other_node.
>
> *keepalived config to set up ipvs with fwmark balancing, lb_kind=NAT.
>
> *iptables log rules in all chains:
> for t in raw mangle nat filter; do
>  for c in PREROUTING INPUT FORWARD OUTPUT POSTROUTING; do
>    iptables -t $t -I $c -p tcp --dport 80 -j LOG --log-prefix "$t-$c-dport: "
>    iptables -t $t -I $c -p tcp --sport 80 -j LOG --log-prefix "$t-$c-sport: "
>  done
> done
>
> *iptables nat-POSTROUTING rule with ipvs match:
> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o bond0.308 -m ipvs --vaddr virtual_ip
> -p tcp --dport 80 -j SNAT --to real_node_ip
>
> The reason I'm using LVS-NAT (with SNAT) as opposed to LVS-DR, is
> that the nodes are set up with two interfaces, with the same VIP on
> both, and they serve clients from the same subnet (yes, it's crazy).
> In short: Packets coming in on interface A have to be sent back out
> interface A too. Unfortunately iproute's ip rule cannot match on the
> netfilter connmark, so the return route can only be based on either
> src or dst IP addresses, which are the same on these interfaces.
>
> A solution would be to SNAT or DNAT the packets on the router,
> before they reach the two nodes. Unfortunately, this seems to be
> impossible to do on Cisco IOS with my setup, which uses a combination
> of crypto-map (which map tunnels into VRFs), VRFs (which map to
> subinterfaces) and VLANs (on each subinterface). "ip nat destination
> inside" does not have a vrf option, and "ip nat source" applies only
> to the egress interface, which is in one VRF common to both VPN
> peers (where the clients come from), i.e. you lose the end-to-end
> separation of the overlapping client (and destination) subnets.
>
> So right now, xt_ipvs seems like it can do the trick. If not, adding
> another two nodes to the setup would work, but it feels like a defeat.
>
> sven
>

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