Ansible Role keepalived

This role installs and configures keepalived.

Runs on

RHEL 8 (and compatible)

Tags

Tag	What it does
`keepalived`	Installs and configures keepalived
`keepalived:state`	Manages the state of the keepalived service

Mandatory Role Variables

Variable	Description
`keepalived__notification_email_addresses`	The email addresses for notifications.
`keepalived__password`	The password for the communication between the MASTER and BACKUP instances. Only the first eight (8) characters are used.
`keepalived__state`	Determines whether to be the MASTER or BACKUP.
`keepalived__virtual_ipaddress`	The IP address to be shared between the MASTER and BACKUP.

Example:

# mandatory
keepalived__notification_email_addresses:
  - 'root@example.com'
keepalived__password: 'linuxfabrik'
keepalived__state: 'MASTER'
keepalived__virtual_ipaddress: '192.0.2.1'

Optional Role Variables

Variable	Description	Default Value
`keepalived__instance_id`	The vrrp instance id keepalived should use.	`1`
`keepalived__interface`	The network interface keepalived should use.	`{{ ansible_facts["default_ipv4"]["interface"] }}`
`keepalived__notification_email_from`	The email address keepalived should use the sender address for email notifications.	`root@{{ ansible_facts["nodename"] }}`
`keepalived__smtp_server`	The SMTP server keepalived should use in order to send email notifications.	`localhost`
`keepalived__virtual_router_id`	The virtual router id.	`{{ keepalived__instance_id }}`

Example:

# optional
keepalived__interface: 'eth'
keepalived__notification_email_from: 'root@server.loc'
keepalived__smtp_server: 'smtp.example.com'

License

The Unlicense

Author Information

Linuxfabrik GmbH, Zurich