Ansible Role keepalived

This role installs and configures keepalived.

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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