Hello everyone,
After much work, Anycast IP addresses & failover IP addresses are operational!
Customers with service in all 3 of our locations can assign themselves anycast IP addresses and then enable them to be bound on each virtual server!
We've also brought failover IP support, making it so you can failover/migrate an IP within the same location, allowing you to build an affordable high-availability cluster. All IPV6 addresses, all Internal IP addresses, all anycast IP addresses, & all non-main IPv4 addresses can be put into "failover/floating" mode.
Customers wishing to use anycast (and have services in all locations) can visit the the 'Networking' tab of whatever virtual server they want to 'own' the anycast addresses, click
the gear drop down, and assign up to 5 addresses to themselves. If you require more, just
open a support ticket and we'll take care of you.
OpenVZ Customers
Once you click save on each VPS, you'll now have a new 'ha0' interface. This interface is bridged right to the nodes primary interface, allowing you to bring up/down the interface, and it's IP addresses, without our assistance. Usage of applications like heartbeat will allow you to automatically migrate any configured IP addresses between virtual servers within the same location.
Be sure to follow standard 'network interface configuration' guides for your distribution of
choice.
KVM Customers
Bind the IP addresses within your VPS like it was any other standard IP address. IP's marked as failover/anycast will not be issued over DHCP, meaning you must configure the addresses yourself.
Remember, do not set the default gateway on any anycast addressess. Due to the nature of anycast, outbound connections are not predictable, meaning there is no promise the return path
will return to the location it started.
I'd like to thank everyone that has cracked the whip in our IRC channel, making sure these features were merged in a timely manner
Francisco
After much work, Anycast IP addresses & failover IP addresses are operational!
Customers with service in all 3 of our locations can assign themselves anycast IP addresses and then enable them to be bound on each virtual server!
We've also brought failover IP support, making it so you can failover/migrate an IP within the same location, allowing you to build an affordable high-availability cluster. All IPV6 addresses, all Internal IP addresses, all anycast IP addresses, & all non-main IPv4 addresses can be put into "failover/floating" mode.
Customers wishing to use anycast (and have services in all locations) can visit the the 'Networking' tab of whatever virtual server they want to 'own' the anycast addresses, click
the gear drop down, and assign up to 5 addresses to themselves. If you require more, just
open a support ticket and we'll take care of you.
OpenVZ Customers
Once you click save on each VPS, you'll now have a new 'ha0' interface. This interface is bridged right to the nodes primary interface, allowing you to bring up/down the interface, and it's IP addresses, without our assistance. Usage of applications like heartbeat will allow you to automatically migrate any configured IP addresses between virtual servers within the same location.
Be sure to follow standard 'network interface configuration' guides for your distribution of
choice.
KVM Customers
Bind the IP addresses within your VPS like it was any other standard IP address. IP's marked as failover/anycast will not be issued over DHCP, meaning you must configure the addresses yourself.
Remember, do not set the default gateway on any anycast addressess. Due to the nature of anycast, outbound connections are not predictable, meaning there is no promise the return path
will return to the location it started.
I'd like to thank everyone that has cracked the whip in our IRC channel, making sure these features were merged in a timely manner
Francisco
