5.244. piranha

Previously, the pulse service did not properly close the configuration file. This caused file descriptors leaks in the pulse service and could potentially trigger SELinux AVC errors. With this update, the configuration file is properly closed after reading, and no SELinux errors are observed under these circumstances.

Previously, the pulse service did not correctly stop the ipvsadm sync daemon due to incorrect ipvsadm syntax. As a consequence, multiple sync daemons existed after restarting the pulse service. With this update, the correct syntax is used. The pulse service now stops all the sync daemons, and exactly one master sync daemon and one backup sync daemon exist at any given time.

Previously, the lvsd daemon did not correctly identify the existence of a new virtual server when re-reading the configuration file. As a consequence, the lvsd daemon could terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault when the pulse service was reloaded. With this update, the lvsd daemon correctly determines if a virtual server has been added to the configuration file when the pulse service is reloaded.

Previously, the pulse init script did not properly format the output when running the "service pulse reload" command. This update fixes this formatting error by printing a newline character after the init script completes the reload command.

Previously, the pulse daemon did not correctly detect when the lvsd daemon had been terminated. As a result, the pulse daemon did not trigger a failover. With this update, the pulse daemon correctly detects when lvsd has been terminated and, if a backup director is configured and active, will result in a failover.

Previously, nanny processes did not correctly write messages to the system log when a sorry_server was defined for a virtual service. When a sorry_server is configured, all nanny processes are run with the "--nodaemon" option. This option prevented messages from being written to syslog and therefore the /var/log/messages file did not contain information about nanny processes. With this update, all nanny processes will write messages to the system log.

This update adds the ability to specify the sync ID to be used with the ipvsadm sync daemon. A new option in the lvs.cf file, "syncd_id", can be used to set the sync ID. This option can also be configured in the Piranha web interface under the "Redundancy" tab. The default value is 0.

This update adds the ability to specify IPVS timeouts including TCP session timeout, TCP FIN session timeout, and UDP packet timeout. Three new options have been added to the lvs.cf file: "tcp_timeout", "tcpfin_timeout", and "udp_timeout". These timeout values can also be configured in the Piranha web interface under "Global Settings". The default value for each timeout is 0, which causes no changes to be made to the existing timeouts.

This update adds the ability to specify the network interface that the ipvsadm sync daemon will use to send and receive multicast messages. A new option in the lvs.cf file, "syncd_iface", can be used to set the sync daemon interface. This option can also be configured in the Piranha web interface under the "Redundancy" tab. The default value is "eth0".