[lvs-users] implement IPsec in a cluster

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2008, Gagandeep bajaj wrote:

> What should be the configuration, and which one should i use--> LVS-NAT or LVS-DR ...and

either

> what kind of load balancing application i have to make on 
> the director that all the requests from one client IP 
> address goes to the same real server.

lookup the schedulers in the HOWTO. -SH should do

> What can i do for redundancy of IPsec connections that the 
> client doesnt have to reconnect, if one real server goes 
> down ..??

read the failover section of the HOWTO


> As i dont have any previous experience with this, I dont 
> have any idea, how many real servers will i need, How much 
> CPU they will take(encryption thing) etc.

you'll have to run tests to find out.

> Please help me as i have been googling for more than a week for any pointers, but everywhere it is a proprietary solution ...

set up a non-ipsec LVS using the instructions in the 
mini-HOWTO first.

Joe

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