Load Balancer

Opsview LoadBalancer provided by HAProxy allows to distribute the load for high-load Opsview Components across a number of instances, some of which may be on different servers. It simplifies configuration changes and terminates SSL connections.

Dependencies Copied

The Opsview loadbalancer install the Opsview Watchdog package.

Installation Copied

Refer to Advanced Automated Installation.

Configuration Copied

No post or pre-install configuration is required for running opsview-loadbalancer.

Management Copied

Configuration Copied

DPKGs Copied

Watchdog service files are now managed by the package, doing a remove would leave the watchdog service file behind with a .save extension. Purging the package will remove it. The package managed config files are as follows:

• /opt/opsview/watchdog/etc/services/opsview-loadbalancer.conf
• /opt/opsview/loadbalancer/etc/haproxy.cfg

RPMs Copied

Watchdog service files are now managed by the package. Any modifications will be saved at upgrade and remove processes with the .rpmnew and .rpmsave extensions correspondingly.

• /opt/opsview/watchdog/etc/services/opsview-loadbalancer.conf
• /opt/opsview/loadbalancer/etc/haproxy.cfg

Service Administration Copied

As root, start, stop and restart the service using: