[lvs-users] ipvs and iptables :: how do they mesh together?

[Jason Ledford]

First off, I am no expert.  But iptables is part of network on linux.  Iptables alone could route connections, it can act as a firewall and block connections, it can masquerade connections and so on and so on, but it can not do load balancing.  That's where ipvs steps in, ipvs will load balance the connection.

Hope that helps.

-----Original Message-----
From: lvs-users-bounces at linuxvirtualserver.org [mailto:lvs-users-bounces at linuxvirtualserver.org] On Behalf Of chris barry
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:38 AM
To: LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list.
Subject: Re: [lvs-users] ipvs and iptables :: how do they mesh together?

On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 02:05 -0500, chris barry wrote:
> http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Image:Iptables.gif
>
> Given the above image, where does lvs fit into the packet traversal path
> in an lvs-nat configuration?
>

Ok, sorry to reply to my own post, but is this such a stupid question,
that when everyone saw it, they basically said "what an idiot!" and
immediately deleted it? It may well be an ignorant question, and maybe
I /should/ already know it, but I really did google all around, and
could not find anything on it. The whole thing is pretty much black
magic to me, and I'm just trying to grok it.

But I can wait (Graeme), because I too am sneaking this email while my
SWMBO is upstairs...;-)


<...pouring more eggnog...>
Cheers,
-C



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