Vserver DRBD (2004.12.09 00:01:01)

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The idea is simple:

Install a vserver on a DRBD resource and let it failover to the other node of a cluster.

This configuration uses vserver, DRBD and heartbeat. This page will not describe, how these packages are installed and configured. Only the important topics are mentioned.

Steps of installation:

• compile a vserver kernel
• compile the DRBD module against this kernel
• install the kernel, the module and reboot
• install the user space utilities of DRBD, vserver and heartbeat
• install the same packages at the second node
• configure and activate a DRBD resource
• make the DRBD resource primary on one node
• create a journalled filesystem (ext3, xfs, reiser) on top of the DRBD device
• mount the DRBD device as /var/lib/vservers/<vserver-name>
• install a vserver
• finish configuration
• sync the configuration to the other node

To be continued ...