GDNSD-PLUGIN-SIMPLEFO(8)

NAME
gdnsd-plugin-simplefo - gdnsd plugin for simple primary->secondary address failover

SYNOPSIS
Example gdnsd config fragment using this plugin:

  plugins => {
    simplefo => {
      service_types => [ www ],
      pubwww => {
        primary => 192.0.2.1
        secondary => 192.0.2.100
      }
      www6 => {
        primary => 2001:DB8::1
        secondary => 2001:DB8::100
      }
      mixed => {
        service_types => [ www, xmpp ]
        addrs_v4 => {
          primary => 192.0.2.1
          secondary => 192.0.2.100
        }
        addrs_v6 => {
          service_types => up
          primary => 2001:DB8::1
          secondary => 2001:DB8::100
        }
      }
    }
  }

Example zonefile RRs:

  www 180 DYNA simplefo!pubwww
  www6 180 DYNA simplefo!www6
  mix 180 DYNA simplefo!mixed

DESCRIPTION
gdnsd-plugin-simplefo is designed to do simple active/passive failover between one primary address and one secondary address. The status of the addresses are checked with standard gdnsd "service_types" monitoring. If you need more than a simple two-address failover list, the "metafo" plugin is more appropriate.

TOP-LEVEL PLUGIN CONFIG
At the top level of the plugin's configuration stanza, the special parameter "service_types" is supported. These sets the default per-resource "service_types" for all resources. The default default "service_types" is "[ default ]", which does basic HTTP/1.0 polling for 200 OK status from "http://IPADDR:80/".

The rest of the hash entries at the top level are the names of the resources you define. Each resource gets a configuration hash of its own for containing resource-specific address info.

RESOURCE CONFIG
Within a resource, "service_types" is again supported, to set the monitored service type(s) for this specific resource.

If "addrs_v4" is defined, it must be a hash containing two keys: "primary" and "secondary", each of which has an IPv4 string address value.

Similarly, if "addrs_v6" is defined, it must be a hash containing two keys: "primary" and "secondary", each of which has an IPv6 string address value.

If neither of those two sub-stanzas is defined, you must define a single pair of "primary" and "secondary" addresses for the whole resource. These can be of either address family, so long as they are both the same family.

When "addrs_v4" and/or "addrs_v6" are used, "service_types" can also be overridden within each, for different behavior per-address-family (e.g. force one protocol always up/down).

OPERATIONAL MECHANICS
For each address family for which you have supplied data, the following logic is applied independently:

•   First, the worst monitored state of all "service_types" checks for the primary address is obtained. If this state is "UP" or "DANGER", the primary address is used.

•   If the primary address was "DOWN", the secondary address is checked: If the secondary is "UP" or "DANGER", it will be used. If the secondary is also "DOWN", then the primary is used.

•   In any case other than the primary being exactly "UP", the response RR-set TTL from the zonefile will be cut in half for both address families.

If both "primary" and "secondary" were "DOWN" for either address family, this plugin will signal total resource failure to any upstream module (geoip or metafo). The cutting of the TTL only happens once for all address RRs, even if both families had a non-"UP" primary.

SEE ALSO
gdnsd.config(5), gdnsd.zonefile(5), gdnsd(8), gdnsd-plugin-multifo(8)

The gdnsd manual.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2012 Brandon L Black <blblack@gmail.com>

This file is part of gdnsd.

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