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Hi

I'm using apache as a load balancer, I try to use heartbeat with it. To do this I have 2 load balancers with different IP adresses. This is my configuration :

In the file /etc/ha.d/ha.cf :

logfile /var/log/ha-log
bcast eth0
keepalive 2
warntime 10
deadtime 30
initdead 120
udpport 694
auto_failback yes
node apache-balance-1
node apache-balance-2
uuidfrom nodename
respawn hacluster /usr/lib/heartbeat/ipfail

In /etc/ha.d/haresources : (I'm not sure about this IP address, does it need to be real or virtual?)

apache-balance-1 192.168.1.51 apache2

In /etc/ha.d/authkeys :

auth 2
2 crc

Then I configure apache to listen on the vip. edit /etc/apache2/ports.conf on both load balancers: Listen 192.168.1.51:80 -> when I put this line on the file, apache do'nt want to start again.

Does everything ok? To test it I shutdown the IP address of the balance-1 but nothing work anymore, do you know why? The configuration or the test?

Thank you

If I recall correctly, the IP in haresources is the shared virtual IP.

In ports.conf, do not use a specific IP. just use the port(s) you want apache to serve on if you want apache to start at any time.

if your ports.conf looks like this:

Listen 192.168.1.51:80

Then apache will refuse to start if that IP is not available, meaning that only the active server will start apache.

The standby server will only start apache once it has completed the IP takeover.