(networking) Failover IP for SSL [#18657]

Submitted by bpds on Sat, 06/25/2011 - 07:27

Dear all,

My ISP, told me to setup the network interface of my VirtualMin pro license debian 6.0 server by :

Adding to /etc/network/interfaces :

post-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0:1 188.165.XX.XX netmask 255.255.255.255 broadcast 188.165.XX.XX post-down /sbin/ifconfig eth0:1 down

Then restart by : /etc/init.d/networking restart

This method seems to be deprecated.

So i ve tryed to setup by WebMin / networking / network interface / activate at boot /

it adds :

iface eth0:1 inet static
address 188.165.XX.XX netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 188.165.XX.XX network 188.165.XX.0

My objective is to have an IP fail over used for a SSL site. Is it the correct way ?

Status:

Closed (fixed)

Comments

Submitted by andreychek on Sat, 06/25/2011 - 09:10 Comment #1

Howdy -- if you're interested in having a second IP address on your server, what you did via Webmin there looks perfect.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sat, 06/25/2011 - 11:11 Comment #2

Both ways will work, but Webmin's method is the correct way according to the Debian docs..

Submitted by bpds on Sat, 06/25/2011 - 11:40 Comment #3

My SSL auth is not working ... I do obtain SSL errors.

You can check on https://pereira-da-silva.com i ve an ssl_error_rx_record_too_long

Any Idea ?

Submitted by bpds on Sat, 06/25/2011 - 11:55 Comment #4