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Setup Linux Web Server to listen to Loadbalancer VIP#

• Edit kernal to stop ARP

vi /etc/sysctl.conf 

net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore=1 
net.ipv4.conf.eth0.arp_ignore=1 
net.ipv4.conf.eth1.arp_ignore=1 
net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_announce=2 
net.ipv4.conf.eth0.arp_announce=2 
net.ipv4.conf.eth1.arp_announce=

• Reload Kernel Changes

/sbin/sysctl -p

Edit vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo:0

DEVICE=lo:0
IPADDR=188.65.39.6
NETMASK=255.255.255.255
ONBOOT=yes
NAME=loopback

• Setup Web server to listen on new loopback ip VIP

• Check its listening:

netstat -ntulp

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