Re: using copy_from help

2010-01-13 Thread Neil Watson
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 04:54:59PM -0800, michoski wrote: >Expense isn't really part of the equation here -- part of what I wanted to >point out -- most people have load balancers around already (for their I'm sure where you work there is a lot of net gear available ;) Most of us are not so lucky

Re: using copy_from help

2010-01-13 Thread michoski
Expense isn't really part of the equation here -- part of what I wanted to point out -- most people have load balancers around already (for their website or other applications), and if not they at least have Linux boxes and get load balancing for free. Do you mean the expense of configuring it all

Re: using copy_from help

2010-01-13 Thread Neil Watson
Loading balancing and redundancy are two separate requirements. Sometimes the merge but not always. Most of the load in Cfengine is on the client so the server is not typically very busy. It is nice to have a redundant server in case of failure but I don't think that a load balancer is often wort

Re: using copy_from help

2010-01-13 Thread michoski
Curious -- Why not just load balance N policy hosts, which appear as one "server" (cfservd VIP) to clients (thereby requiring no special configuration). Some would argue this is best practice for any large org, and free load balancing solutions are available and widely used for those without a bud

Re: using copy_from help

2010-01-13 Thread NWatson
I was teaching him to fish :) Seriously if anyone uses multiple servers in production and has tested failover I'd love to hear about your experience. Sincerely, -- Neil Watson 416-673-3465 Mark Burgess wrote on 2010-01-13 14:15:07: > > To follow up from Neil, try setting localhost as your f

Re: using copy_from help

2010-01-13 Thread Mark Burgess
To follow up from Neil, try setting localhost as your failover server nwat...@symcor.com wrote: > The 'servers' option in the copy_from body takes an array of servers. > http://www.cfengine.org/manuals/cf3-reference.html#copy_005ffrom-in-files > > Sincerely, > -- > Neil Watson > 416-673-3465 >

Re: using copy_from help

2010-01-13 Thread NWatson
The 'servers' option in the copy_from body takes an array of servers. http://www.cfengine.org/manuals/cf3-reference.html#copy_005ffrom-in-files Sincerely, -- Neil Watson 416-673-3465 CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING This communication, including any attachments, is for the exclusive use of addressee a

using copy_from help

2010-01-13 Thread Mahmoud Hanafi
I would like to configure copy_from to first try using a external server if thats not available then use local filesystem. How can I set this up. Thanks, Mahmoud ___ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/