Synchronized web sites on different FreeBSD servers?

[Jungle Boogie]

Hi edflecko,
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From: Arthur Chance <freebsd at qeng-ho.org>
Sent:  Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:01:51 +0100
To: edflecko . <edflecko at gmail.com>, freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Synchronized web sites on different FreeBSD servers?
> On 28/04/2014 15:48, edflecko . wrote:
>> Forgive me if this is more of an "Apache" question and not a FreeBSD
>> question.
>>
>> I'd like to use two Soekris appliances to host a single web site for a
>> small business using Apache in a jail. Each Soekris would be configured
>> identically and the web site they host would be as well.
>>
>> I'd like to know what features FreeBSD has (or Apache, if you'd like to
>> comment) to maintain synchronization between the two "servers" so if one of
>> the Soekris fails...the other will continue to host the web site without
>> service interruption.
>>
>> Finally, once the failed Soekris is brought back online, how would you
>> "re-sync" the two?
> 
> You might find this section on highly available storage from the Handbook
> useful. HAST + CARP is a combination aimed at your sort of requirements.
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/disks-hast.html

http://bsdmag.org/magazine/1853-hast-on-freebsd-how-to-make-storage-highly-availble-by-using-hast

http://bsdmag.org/magazine/1854-carp-on-freebsd-how-to-use-devd-to-take-action-on-kernel-events


> 
> There's also a wiki page
> 
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/HAST
> 
> You'll need other people to help you with this though, I've never used it
> myself, I only know it exists because I might have a future requirement for it.

 
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