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Keepalived Installation

Use Case​

This guide is useful if you need to install keepalived on Rocky Linux or Red Hat Enterprise Linux for creating redundant Broadcast Suite installations. This is essential for providing high availability and redundancy.

This guide will help you:

  • Install keepalived using the package manager
  • Configure keepalived with an example configuration file

Installation Steps​

Step 1: Installation​

To install keepalived, follow these steps:

  1. Open a terminal
  2. Run the following command:
sudo dnf install keepalived

Step 2: Configuration​

After installing keepalived, you need to configure it. You can use the example configuration file located at /opt/slg/broadcastsuite/samples/keepalived.conf. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Copy the example configuration file to the appropriate location:
sudo cp /opt/slg/broadcastsuite/samples/keepalived.conf /etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf
  1. Edit the configuration file if necessary:
sudo nano /etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf

Make any required changes to suit your network environment.

warning

The virtual_router_id must be unique within the network.

The example configuration file can be found in the appendix.

Step 3: Start and Enable Keepalived​

To start keepalived and enable it to run on boot, execute the following commands:

sudo systemctl enable keepalived --now

Step 4: Verify the Installation​

After starting keepalived, you can verify that it is running correctly by checking its status:

sudo systemctl status keepalived

This command should display the status, indicating whether it is active and running.