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Configuring an ALOHA Cluster
The ALOHA cluster is asynchronous. This means that:
Each node of a cluster can run a different configuration
The configuration is not automatically synchronized between peers
Any node of a cluster can push its configuration to another node
It is possible to synchronize the complete configuration or per service
It has the following advantages:
It can test some configurations on the Slave node
An outage due to a bad configuration on the Master is not automatically pushed to the Slave
Note
Bear in mind that it is up to the administrator to trigger a synchronization of configuration.
In order to configure an ALOHA cluster, we need to setup the two following components:
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- csync
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to keep configuration synchronized between the nodes of the cluster
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- vrrp
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to ensure high availability for Virtual IPs
You can configure the cluster either during the Wizard setup or at any time after the ALOHA is in production.
This section explains how to configure a cluster without the wizard.
In our examples, we consider two ALOHA load balancers with the following details:
Name | IP | Description |
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LB1 | 10.0.32.11 | will be the Master |
LB2 | 10.0.32.12 | will be the Slave |
Virtual IP | 10.0.32.20 | |
Default Gateway | 10.0.32.1 |