[Linux-HA] Shared configration files using DRBD

[Chris Picton]

Rois Cannon wrote:
> I don't know about all services but that's how I'm handling Samba.  I'm
> sure each of them has a tweak to making them work they way you want.  I
> haven't put mine in production yet (and someone may say I'm missing
> something) but I made sure Samba was binding to the VIP and only
> advertising the VIP name, not the local machine names.
> 
> smb.conf issues for me:
> -----------------------------------
> netbios name = "svr90"
> server string = "svr90"
> interfaces = "192.168.151.90/24"
> bind interfaces only = yes
> -----------------------------------

That is pretty much exactly what I did as well.


> 
> 192.168.151.91	svr91 (node1)
> 192.168.151.92	svr92 (node2)
> 192.168.151.90	svr90 (Virtual Address/Server)


> 
> I don't want the windows clients to be aware of svr91 or svr92.  ONLY
> svr90.
> 
> I noticed you put the cache on drbd. I hadn't read about that.  Is that
> really possible?

I don't know - it looked like a good idea to me, though  :)


I haven't seen any problems so far, though, but the services are still 
in testing, not production.