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Re: [lvs-users] lvs-users Digest, Vol 129, Issue 3

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Subject: Re: [lvs-users] lvs-users Digest, Vol 129, Issue 3
From: Luc van Donkersgoed <luc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:00:59 +0200

> 
> Dear list,
> 
> I've used IPVS with ldirectord on Ubuntu for a couple of years, never had 
> much trouble. Recently, however, I've tried to setup a new HA Load Balancer 
> cluster for DNS and I'm running into reproducable kernel panics. 
> 
> I've narrowed the panics down to the point where i run "sudo /sbin/ipvsadm -A 
> -u 10.0.50.4:53" and a panic immediately occurs.
> 
> The last part of the stack track can be seen in this image: 
> http://cl.ly/image/1K3P1Q0Y242t
> 
> My setup is a Virtual Machine (VMWare) running a clean install of Ubuntu 
> 13.04, all updates installed, running kernel 3.8.0-31-generic.
> 
> I've installed no extra packages, except for heartbeat and ldirectord. 
> 
> Running ipvsadm -v produces the following result:
> ipvsadm v1.26 2008/5/15 (compiled with popt and IPVS v1.2.1)
> 
> Running ldirectord -v produces the following result:
> Linux Director v1.186-ha
> 
> I've tried googling, but could find no results for my specific scenario. Any 
> help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Best regards,
> Luc van Donkersgoed
> 

After some more research, my problem seems to lie with the kernel. I cleaned 
the virtual machine and reinstalled Ubuntu 13.04 from an older ISO. After 
installation, the VM was running kernel 3.8.0-19-generic. 

I then installed ldirectord and heartbeat, added a service through 'sudo 
/sbin/ipvsadm -A -u 10.0.50.4:53', and everything worked fine. I then ran a 
'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade', which prompted the following:

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-headers-3.8.0-31 linux-headers-3.8.0-31-generic 
linux-image-3.8.0-31-generic linux-image-extra-3.8.0-31-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apport apport-symptoms apt apt-transport-https apt-utils apt-xapian-index 
bind9-host command-not-found command-not-found-data curl dbus dnsutils gnupg 
gpgv ifupdown isc-dhcp-client
  isc-dhcp-common language-selector-common libapt-inst1.5 libapt-pkg4.12 
libasn1-8-heimdal libbind9-90 libcurl3 libcurl3-gnutls libdbus-1-3 libdns95 
libdrm2 libgcrypt11 libgnutls26
  libgssapi3-heimdal libhcrypto4-heimdal libheimbase1-heimdal 
libheimntlm0-heimdal libhx509-5-heimdal libisc92 libisccc90 libisccfg90 
libkrb5-26-heimdal libldap-2.4-2 liblwres90
  libplymouth2 libpolkit-agent-1-0 libpolkit-backend-1-0 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 
libpython2.7 libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib libpython3.3-minimal 
libpython3.3-stdlib
  libroken18-heimdal libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libssl1.0.0 libudev1 
libwhoopsie0 libwind0-heimdal libx11-6 libx11-data libxcb1 libxext6 libxml2 
linux-generic linux-headers-3.8.0-19
  linux-headers-3.8.0-19-generic linux-headers-generic 
linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic linux-image-extra-3.8.0-19-generic 
linux-image-generic login lsb-base lsb-release openssl passwd plymouth
  plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text policykit-1 python-openssl python2.7 
python2.7-minimal python3-apport python3-commandnotfound python3-distupgrade 
python3-problem-report
  python3-software-properties python3-update-manager python3.3 
python3.3-minimal rsyslog software-properties-common tzdata 
ubuntu-release-upgrader-core update-manager-core whoopsie

After the installation of the kernel and packages, I added the service again, 
which still worked fine. Then I rebooted the machine, tried to add the service, 
and instantly got a kernel panic.

My conclusion is that the 3.8.0-31 kernel or one of the upgraded packages must 
be the culprit.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

Best,
Luc van Donkersgoed
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