Date: 16 Nov 2001 14:38:35 -0000 From: "Martin Gignac FreeBSD " <freebsd@mobilitylab.net> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD user <freebsd@XtremeDev.com> Cc: , ben <ben@stonehenge-net.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: load balancing solution? Message-ID: <20011116143835.91126.qmail@mail.mobilitylab.net>
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Hi, I use the 'balance' port here. It uses round-robin and works fine. Extremely simple to set up and use. I think the program is only about 18Kb. -Martin > natd(8) can do this as well. > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 05:40:11AM -0700, FreeBSD user wrote: > > Sounds like ipnat will do what you need. Just port forward requests to > > pub_ip:53 udp/tcp to your internal machines. > > > > rdr xl0 pub_ip port 53 -> named_ip1,named_ip2,named_ip3 port 53 > > round-robin > > > > Seems to me that rule will work for you, long as you set the gateways on > > those named_ip's to the ipnat machine, and it'd be fine. > > > > > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, ben wrote: > > > > > i need a quick load balance solution that will provide 1 ip on the front > > > end and round robin balancing on the back end for 2 to 4 servers, as a > > > proof of concept for a project ( and as a way to sneak FreeBSD into the > > > workplace :) . it sounds like i might be able to build this with nat and > > > bind... but i think i remember that ipnat would translate requests > > > _before_ bind would see them, whicn is the opposit of the behavior i want. > > > > > > i looked through the ports collection, and it looks like pen does 'real' > > > load balancing, but for this project, i actually need round-robin (trying > > > to demonstrate that the servers on the back end successfully share their > > > session data) > > > > > > dows pen also do round-robin, or does anyone know of any other quick > > > solutions to this problem? > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > ben > > -- > Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, > ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, > ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, > +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine > > http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve > http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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