After determining which of the above routing methods to use, the
hardware for the LVS cluster should be linked together on the network.
 | Important |
|---|
| | The adapter devices on the LVS routers must be configured to access
the same networks. For instance if eth0 connects
to public network and eth1 connects to the
private network, then these same devices on the backup LVS router must
connect to the same networks.
Also the gateway listed in the first interface to come up at boot time
is added to the routing table and subsequent gateways listed in other
interfaces are ignored. This is especially important to consider when
configuring the real servers. |
After physically connecting together the cluster hardware, configure the
network interfaces on the primary and backup LVS routers. This can be
done using a graphical application such as
system-config-network or by editing the
network scripts manually. For more information about adding devices
using system-config-network, see the chapter
titled Network Configuration in the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide. For more information on editing
network scripts by hand, see the chapter titled Network
Scripts in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Reference Guide. For the
remainder of the chapter, example alterations to network interfaces are
made either manually or through the
Piranha Configuration Tool.
Configure the real IP addresses for both the public and private
networks on the LVS routers before attempting to configure the cluster
using the Piranha Configuration Tool. The sections on each
topography give example network addresses, but the actual network
addresses are needed. Below are some useful commands for bringing up
network interfaces or checking their status.
- Bringing Up Real Network Interfaces
The best way to bring up any real network interface is to
use the following commands as root replacing
N with the number corresponding to
the interface (eth0 and
eth1):
 | Warning |
|---|
| | Do not use the
ifup scripts to bring up any floating IP
addresses you may configure using
Piranha Configuration Tool
(eth0:1 or
eth1:1). Use the
service command to start
pulse instead (see Section 10.8 Starting the Cluster for details).
|
To bring a network interface down, type the following
command:
Again, replace N in the above
command with the number corresponding to the interface you wish
to bring down.
- Checking the Status of Network Interfaces
If you need to check which network interfaces are up at any
given time, type the following:
To view the routing table for a machine, issue the following
command:
