Re: [lvs-users] "selective balancing" - make requests from 1.2.3.4 go to realserver_A, all others - to realserver_B

[Ferenc Wagner <wferi@xxxxxxx>]

Patrick Schaaf <netdev@xxxxxx> writes:

> 2014-03-07 11:52 GMT+01:00 Tomasz Chmielewski <tch@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> I was wondering if I can use ipvsadm not only for load balancing, but
>> also for "code testing".
>
> The key to such usage, is fwmark based LVS virtual hosts. You then use
> the iptables -t mangle PREROUTING to set firewall mark [...]

Just a note: you don't *have to* use the mangle table (though oldish
kernels restrict the MARK target to the mangle table), if you don't want
to base your routing decision on fwmarks.  For LVS virtual services, you
don't.
-- 
Regards,
Feri.

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