Re: [Pound Mailing List] HTTP Listen Address as variable?
Dave Steinberg <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.web.pound.general |
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Why not just use a DNS name in the pound.cfg file? Pound will resolve it at startup time. Alternatively, listen on 0.0.0.0 - aka all IPs. -- Dave On 1/25/2013 9:50 AM, Pat Erler wrote: > we are evaluating things like this for a while, but up until now the > effort to manage (and extend) a management tool seemed to be bigger than > what we do now.. > > thanks anyway! > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Andreas Hilboll <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > >> we like to have a pound server on standby in case the live > server fails. > >> problem is, that we can't keep the pound.cfg centralized as the > >> HTTP/HTTPS Listen -> Address line is server specific. > >> > >> is there a way to fill this variable with the `hostname` for > instance? > >> > >> regards, > >> > >> PAT > >> > >> -- > >> *Pat Erler* > >> Gtalk/G+: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>Skype: pat_erler > > > > I am not actually sure if pound supports exactly what you are looking > > for. One alternative would be to use a virtual IP addres: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_IP_address > > > > I have done this in my previous job and it worked very well (although > > it wasn't with pound). YMMV! > > > > /A > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe send an email with subject unsubscribe to > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. > > Please contact [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> for questions. > > And of course you could use a configuration management tool like puppet > or chef. That'll be way to heavy for only managing pound, but maybe > your current pound need gives you a reason to move towards something > like that. > > A. > > -- > To unsubscribe send an email with subject unsubscribe to > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. > Please contact [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> for questions. > > > > > -- > *Pat Erler* > Gtalk/G+: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]>Skype: pat_erler -- Dave Steinberg http://www.geekisp.com/ http://www.steinbergcomputing.com/ http://www.redterror.net/ -- To unsubscribe send an email with subject unsubscribe to [email protected] Please contact [email protected] for questions.