Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:11:12 +0200 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Ulrich Spoerlein <uspoerlein@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Start system with 'downed' carp interfaces Message-ID: <200610051711.17754.max@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <7ad7ddd90610050458v6b26aeefs3b72dfc58fa6a608@mail.gmail.com> References: <7ad7ddd90610050458v6b26aeefs3b72dfc58fa6a608@mail.gmail.com>
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--nextPart1594115.C61iYkKP7X Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 05 October 2006 13:58, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for a generic way to create and configure carp interfaces > upon boot (so daemons can bind against the IP address), but keep the > carp interfaces 'down'. > > This is to allow the administrator to first check every service after > the failure, and if deemed ready, put the system back into production > by simply issuing: ifconfig carp0 up Can't you just use a high value for advskew so it won't become MASTER=20 unless all other hosts are dead as well. > But there are several problems: > ifconfig_carp0=3D"foo bar" > will always "up" the interface first via /etc/rc.d/netif > ifconfig carp0 foo bar down > will ignore the 'down' and up the interface. This is especially > announing. I wish ifconfig would honour the down statement, even > though the manpage says the interface will always be brought up when > assigned its first address. > > Using a start_if.carp0 with the following contents > ifconfig carp0 vhid 1 1.2.3.4/24 > ifconfig carp0 down > > and > ifconfig_carp0=3D"down" in rc.conf will result in an 'up' interface. I > also disabled devd, as it seems to be running pccard_ether carp0 start > as a result of the interface creation. Although it is started > sometime after the interface has been created. > > How are other people handling the startup of carp interfaces? =2D-=20 /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News --nextPart1594115.C61iYkKP7X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFJSCVXyyEoT62BG0RAsaPAJ4puqwRNgchN1D3ipxnRnOkHFfW0ACfafA9 83N9BHSemqi6bdHBGDOVS3o= =v/X1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1594115.C61iYkKP7X--
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