William Ottley wrote: > i'm trying to setup LVS, and tried both the lvs-dr and the lvs-nat, > but can't get any to work. LVS-DR did work for me partially, as-in it did not load balance. But i am sure it was a mistake on my part. Still have to find time and test it. > #1 with regards to the Real Servers, is there anything that needs to > be configured other that the http service? I ask this, because I > suspect yes, and it has to do with what type of LVS you have: The http service + firewall rules (if applicable) > > 1a) lvs-dr: on the RIP of the web servers, create an lo:0 and assign > the VIP to it Yes. > 1b ) lvs-nat: on the RIP of the web servers, make sure the default gw > points to the inside network card eth1 I have found that the default gw is not really a strict requirement. Worked for me with a different gw too, but i cannot stamp a confirmation on that. Got to recheck... just in case. > 1b) lvs-nat: on the LVS, with 2 nics, eth1 (private where web servers > are located): 192.168.0.100, and create a nat gateway of > 192.168.0.254, where the real web servers gw is, and make it eth1:1 Looks Good. > > how do I go about getting diagnostic info from all this? pulse? i > can't connect at all to any of the web servers.. 1. Are real servers accessible from lvs (ping/arp -n?) 2. Does telnet to port 80 (or the one to which http server is listening to) on real server from lvs work? if #1 == yes and #2 == no, it might be the firewall on the real servers. -- Regards Anup Shukla