My proposal of using a machine that contains samba/nfs shared file is likely to create a critical node inthe architecture...
I appreciate Harald's idea of using mysql server with replication clients....if I've understood well every postfix installation reads config informations from its own mysql replication server so you can modify only the master server and changes spread over the replication slaves.... a kind of the DNS working, isn't it? 2011/3/1 Reindl Harald <h.rei...@thelounge.net> > i would use mysql for some reasons > > * one master where write changes > * every machine can run a replication slave > * no single-point-of-failure > * postfix needs only read-permissions so there nerver writes on any slave > * you can even define each mysqld in each postfix server for failover > > samba/nfs is fine as long this machine/connection is alive > but if you have troubles there all your servers are down > > Am 01.03.2011 10:51, schrieb aa: > > And what about using a shared disk space on a single machine that > contains configuration file of every mail server. > > Every machine that has postfix can access these configuration files using > samba or NFS...a kind of shared folder > > that can be contained on a postfix server machine too without using a > dedicated machine.... > > > > 2011/3/1 Luis Esteves <luisdobenf...@gmail.com <mailto: > luisdobenf...@gmail.com>> > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'll have a look to this tools, I'm curious... > > > > Thanks a lot, > > Luis > > > > > > Victor Duchovni wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 02:52:17PM -0800, Luis Esteves wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> Many Thanks Victor for the answer. > > > > > > An answer anyway, there are a few ways to address this... Some > people > > > would use tools like "cfengine" or similar. Basically, anything > that > > > lets you manage configuration files on multiple Unix hosts. > > > > > > -- > > > Viktor. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://old.nabble.com/Update-Postfix-transport-file-on-multiple-servers-tp31008507p31038134.html > > Sent from the Postfix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > -- > > Mit besten Grüßen, Reindl Harald > the lounge interactive design GmbH > A-1060 Vienna, Hofmühlgasse 17 > CTO / software-development / cms-solutions > p: +43 (1) 595 3999 33, m: +43 (676) 40 221 40 > icq: 154546673, http://www.thelounge.net/ > >
