Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1618 - piranha bug fix update

Synopsis

piranha bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated piranha packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Piranha provides high-availability and load-balancing services for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The piranha packages contain various tools to administer and configure the Linux Virtual Server (LVS), as well as the heartbeat and failover components. LVS is a dynamically-adjusted kernel routing mechanism that provides load balancing, primarily for Web and FTP servers.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the lvsd daemon did not properly activate the "sorry server" fallback service when all real servers were unavailable. Consequently, incoming traffic for a virtual service with no available real servers was not directed to "sorry server". This bug has been fixed and the lvsd daemon now properly activates "sorry server" when no real servers are available. (BZ#903711)

  • In certain cases, most often caused by brief network outages, high latency between directors, or aggressive keepalive and deadtime settings, the lvsd daemon did not properly terminate when signaled by the pulse daemon. Consequently, lvsd ran on both master and backup directories having multiple virtual IPs (VIPs). With this update, lvsd has been modified to correctly catch and handle all signals from the pulse daemon. As a result, the redundant VIP is now properly removed. (BZ#980169)

Users of piranha are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server)6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server)6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6i386

Updated Packages

  • piranha-0.8.6-4.el6.i686.rpm
  • piranha-0.8.6-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • piranha-0.8.6-4.el6.src.rpm
  • piranha-debuginfo-0.8.6-4.el6.i686.rpm
  • piranha-debuginfo-0.8.6-4.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information