Category: Linux

Setup Linux Web Server to listen to Loadbalancer VIP

*Edit kernal to stop ARP

vi /etc/sysctl.conf 

* Copy to the bottom of the file, add or remove eth1 lines below if you don’t have that adapter

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=2

* If you only have eth0

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

* Reload Kernel Changes

/sbin/sysctl -p

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

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

* Setup Web server to listen on new loopback ip VIP

* Restart the network adapter

service network restart

* Check its listening:

netstat -ntulp

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