Failover IP router

[Barry Brimer]

Quoting Steven Buehler <steve at ibushost.com>:

> I have been googleing for this, but can't seem to find the right answer.
> What I am trying to do is to create a failover router on a redhat box.
> 1.  website.com will be on 2 servers
> 2.  website.com has one IP address
> 3.  redhat box router will have the 1 IP address for website.com on it.
> 4.  website.com server1 will be on 192.168.1.10
> 5.  website.com server2 will be on 192.168.1.11
> 6.  If website.com server1 fails, website.com server2 will take over.
>
> We are not worried about cookies that have been set on server1 to be moved
> to server2.  We are just worried about the second machine taking over.  What
> would be better is if it could be a load balancing setup so that it will use
> both servers, but if one fails, people will not notice it because the other
> server will then be taking all of the requests.
>
> I have googled for "Linux failover iptables router" and a few other
> combinations of words, but what I keep finding is failover for the outbound
> connections.  Having 3 Nic cards 1 going to one ISP, 1 going to another ISP
> and one going to the internal network.  Maybe I am just using the wrong
> wording.  Any url links for instructions would be appreciated.
>
> Thank You
> Steve

I believe that you are looking for the load balancing portion of Red Hat Cluster
Suite <http://www.redhat.com/cluster_suite/>

Barry