There are 2 ways as far as I know to do this possible: 1. Use de WPAD protocol: lets say PROXY squid1; PROXY squid2 (this is fail over) 2. Use an HA solution such as Ultramonkey3. Here you could do Active-Active. Kind regards, LD Le lundi 15 juin 2009 11:09:28, Sagar Navalkar a écrit : > Hey Remy, > > The DNS server does not determine which server is down, however If It is > unable to resolve the 1st entry, it will automatically go down to the 2nd > entry. > > Regards, > > Sagar Navalkar > Team Leader > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mario Remy Almeida [mailto:malmeida@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 1:36 PM > To: Sagar Navalkar > Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'abdul sami' > Subject: RE: How to setup squid proxy to run in fail-over > mode > > Hi Sagar, > > Just a Question? > > How can a DNS server determine that the primary server is down and it > should resolve the secondary server IP? > > //Remy > > On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 11:21 +0530, Sagar Navalkar wrote: > > Hi Abdul, > > > > Please try to enter 2 different IPs in the DNS .... > > > > 10.xxx.yyy.zz1 (proxyA) as primary (proxyA-Name should be same on both > > the servers.) > > 10.xxx.yyy.zz2 (proxyA) as secondary. > > > > Start squid services on both the servers (Primary & Secondary) > > > > If Primary server fails, the DNS will resolve secondary IP for proxyA & > > the > > > squid on second server will kick in automatically...... > > > > Hope am able to explain it properly. > > > > Regards, > > > > Sagar Navalkar > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: abdul sami [mailto:sami.memon@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:17 AM > > To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: How to setup squid proxy to run in fail-over mode > > > > Dear all, > > > > Now that i have setup a proxy server, as a next step i want to run it > > in fail-over high availability mode, so that if one proxy is down due > > to any reason, second proxy should automatically be up and start > > serving requests. > > > > any help in shape of articles/steps would be highly appreciated. > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > > A Sami > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- -- > Disclaimer and Confidentiality > > > This material has been checked for computer viruses and although none has > been found, we cannot guarantee that it is completely free from such > problems > and do not accept any liability for loss or damage which may be caused. > Please therefore check any attachments for viruses before using them on > your > own equipment. If you do find a computer virus please inform us > immediately so that we may take appropriate action. This communication is > intended solely > for the addressee and is confidential. If you are not the intended > recipient, > any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be > taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. The views > expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and may not > necessarily be that of ISA.
