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apache failover using keepalived Hi Techrunnr Readers, this document deals with configuration of apache failover using keepalived. Configuring failover helps to run a service continuously if any of the systems failed without any help of human intervention.
Here we are configuring Failover for apache service using keepalived with floating IP. Floating IP will switch from master to backup server automatically when the master is unavailable.
Here is the configuration to how to set up failover for apache service.
Prerequisites * 2 Servers with root access
Installation My setup master server is 10.0.0.253 and backup server is 10.0.0.252 . 10.0.0.247 is floating IP.
1. Install Apache web server in both servers.
apt-get install apache2 //Ubuntu
yum install httpd //CENTOS
2. Edit index.html page in both servers
vi /var/www/html/index.html
Primary
vi /var/www/html/index.html
Secondary
3. Install keepalived.
apt-get install keepalived //Ubuntu
yum install keepalived //Centos
Configuration 1. Configure keepalived as follows in the master server (10.0.0.253)
vrrp_script chk_apache2 {
script "pidof apache2"
interval 2
}
vrrp_instance VI_1 {
interface ens160
state MASTER
advert_int 2
virtual_router_id 51
priority 100
authentication {
auth_type PASS
auth_pass SimplePassword
}
unicast_src_ip addr:10.0.0.253
unicast_peer {
10.0.0.252
}
track_script {
chk_apache2
}
virtual_ipaddress {
10.0.0.247
}
}
NOTE: if you are using centos or Redhat , then change apache2 to httpd and Configure interface name according to the environment.
2. Configure keepalived as follows in the backup server (10.0.0.252)
vrrp_script chk_apache2 {
script "pidof apache2"
interval 2
}
vrrp_instance VI_1 {
interface ens160
state BACKUP
advert_int 2
virtual_router_id 51
priority 50
authentication {
auth_type PASS
auth_pass SimplePassword
}
unicast_src_ip 10.0.0.252
unicast_peer {
10.0.0.253
}
track_script {
chk_apache2
}
virtual_ipaddress {
10.0.0.247
}
}
NOTE: if you are using centos or Redhat , then change apache2 to httpd and Configure interface name according to the environment.
3. Now start keepalived service on both the servers.
/etc/init.d/keepalived restart
Testing 1. Now you can access your web server using the floating IP.
2. If you type ” ip addr ” in each server you can see the following output shows floating Ip assigned.
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: ens160: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:0c:29:86:f9:dc brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.0.0.253/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global ens160
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet 10.0.0.247/32 scope global ens160
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet 10.0.0.247/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global secondary ens160:0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:fe86:f9dc/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3. Now you can shut down the master server and access the web server.
if you check the ” ip addr ” output you can see the floating IP has switched from Master server to Backup server.
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: ens160: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:0c:29:ca:58:05 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.0.0.252/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global ens160
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet 10.0.0.247/32 scope global ens160
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:feca:5805/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
That’s it. Now you have successfully configured failover for apache service using keepalived.
