Re: [squid-users] How to setup squid proxy to run in fail-over mode

From: Muhammad Sharfuddin <m.sharfuddin_at_nds.com.pk>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:07:25 +0600

just a question

>2. Use an HA solution such as Ultramonkey3. Here you could do
>Active-Active.
Why Ultramonkey3.. why not HA from http://www.linux-ha.org/

-Sharfuddin

A PC is like a aircondition. If you open Windows it just don't funktion
properly anymore

On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 12:12 +0200, Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz wrote:
> There are 2 ways as far as I know to do this possible:
>
> 1. Use de WPAD protocol: lets say PROXY squid1; PROXY squid2 (this is fail
> over)
> 2. Use an HA solution such as Ultramonkey3. Here you could do Active-Active.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> LD
> Le lundi 15 juin 2009 11:09:28, Sagar Navalkar a écrit :
> > Hey Remy,
> >
> > The DNS server does not determine which server is down, however If It is
> > unable to resolve the 1st entry, it will automatically go down to the 2nd
> > entry.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sagar Navalkar
> > Team Leader
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mario Remy Almeida [mailto:malmeida_at_isaaviation.ae]
> > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 1:36 PM
> > To: Sagar Navalkar
> > Cc: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org; 'abdul sami'
> > Subject: RE: [squid-users] How to setup squid proxy to run in fail-over
> > mode
> >
> > Hi Sagar,
> >
> > Just a Question?
> >
> > How can a DNS server determine that the primary server is down and it
> > should resolve the secondary server IP?
> >
> > //Remy
> >
> > On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 11:21 +0530, Sagar Navalkar wrote:
> > > Hi Abdul,
> > >
> > > Please try to enter 2 different IPs in the DNS ....
> > >
> > > 10.xxx.yyy.zz1 (proxyA) as primary (proxyA-Name should be same on both
> > > the servers.)
> > > 10.xxx.yyy.zz2 (proxyA) as secondary.
> > >
> > > Start squid services on both the servers (Primary & Secondary)
> > >
> > > If Primary server fails, the DNS will resolve secondary IP for proxyA &
> >
> > the
> >
> > > squid on second server will kick in automatically......
> > >
> > > Hope am able to explain it properly.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Sagar Navalkar
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: abdul sami [mailto:sami.memon_at_gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:17 AM
> > > To: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
> > > Subject: [squid-users] How to setup squid proxy to run in fail-over mode
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > Now that i have setup a proxy server, as a next step i want to run it
> > > in fail-over high availability mode, so that if one proxy is down due
> > > to any reason, second proxy should automatically be up and start
> > > serving requests.
> > >
> > > any help in shape of articles/steps would be highly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks and regards,
> > >
> > > A Sami
> >
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