Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:44:29 +1000 From: Michael Christie <michael@powerzone.net.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: High Availability FreeBSD www cluster Message-ID: <489A99CD.5080103@powerzone.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20080807100821.U1526@klein.bigpond.com> References: <4898065A.5080008@powerzone.net.au> <4899C919.1060903@passagen.se><4899D194.6000804@optiksecurite.com> <20080807100821.U1526@klein.bigpond.com>
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Thank you all for your input. Carp looks like it needs some investigation Thanks Michael Peter Ross wrote: > Hi, > > Michael Christie wrote: > > >> I want to cluster some freeBSD servers, The purpose of this is to learn. >> I would like to run some basic services like www and mail on a test >> network. I would like to set up the servers so if one server falls over >> the other will take over the services automatically, load balanceing would >> be good as well. I have googled, I could be looking in the wrong place , >> there seems not to be much in regard to seting up freebsd in a cluster, >> lots on linux. I have looked at the High Availability Linux project , I >> see on the front page that it will run on freebsd. >> >> So I am a bit lost and i am wanting to learn how to cluster freebsd web >> and mail servers, I have looked at Beowulf clusters, which seem to give >> computers more grunt, Can some on on the list please advise me on what >> clustering softwhere i need to get started and if the High Availability >> Linux project softwhere will do the job. >> > > pound (/usr/ports/www/pound) can be used on HTTP(S) level. > > >From pkg-descr: > > The Pound program is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end > for Web server(s). Pound was developed to enable distributing load among > several Web-servers, and to allow for a convenient SSL wrapper for those > Web servers that do not offer it natively. Pound is distributed under the > GPL - no warranty, it's free to use, copy and give away. > > WWW: http://www.apsis.ch/pound/ > > - Anders Nordby <anders@FreeBSD.org> > > Regards > Peter > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-cluster > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-cluster-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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