[Pacemaker] OpenVPN in HA, sharing client connections

[Arturo Borrero Gonzalez]

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> >* Hi there!*>* *>* OpenVPN server has an 'management interface' that allows the admin to*>* delete, add, modify, authorize client connections.*>* *>* As far as I know, it doesn't exist any preestablished method for*>* sharing connections between openvpn servers, so in issues like*>* failover and/or active-active configurations the behavior is pretty*>* rudimentary (just using a LSB resource to start and stop the daemon).*
> Stopping and starting the daemon is not a big problem. OpenVPN offers a auto-
> connect feature (option: keepalive) that reestablishes the connection after
> the interruption.
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> >* I'm looking for something or someone that previously showed interest*>* in this topic.*>* If no, I will investigate the creation of a new RA or maybe a tiny*>* daemon for deploying in master/slave modes.*>* I think using netcat i'm able to get all openvpn data and also using*>* netcat to inject the data in another openvpn server.*
> What be great to create a "connection table sync" during the failover. But
> please consider if this is really worth the effort when using the keepalive
> option in the client config.
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> When programming it, please think about a connection table sync daemon, like
> in ipvs or netfilter.
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> Greetings,
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Ok, I will take a look at the keepalive option.

Anyway, I had always in mind conntrackd.

Thanks for your reply :)

Best regards.

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