CARP-interface fail-over in case required program fails.

[Kim A. Brandt]

Thanks Patrick and Dmitry,

indeed `ifstated' and the ``running external tests''-part, sound like it will be helpful.

/Kim

On 2011-07-20 16:19, Patrick Lamaiziere wrote:
> Le Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:18:53 +0400,
> Dmitry Banschikov <d.banschikov at peterhost.ru> a écrit :
> 
> Hi,
> 
>>> is it possible to let a CARP-interface fail(-over) in the situation
>>> when a certain program fails or stops working? I hope it's clear
>>> enough what I have in mind. Could you give me any pointers on how
>>> this can be archived?
>>
>> You can write simple script, which will monitor status of the
>> program, and if program fails, it can adjust advskew parameter of the
>> CARP interface forcing going interface to the backup state.
> 
> In addition, port net/ifstated could be useful for doing this kind of
> things (here we monitor BGP sessions with it).