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WACKAMOLE.CONF(5)	       File Formats Manual	       WACKAMOLE.CONF(5)

NAME
     wackamole.conf -- Wackamole daemon configuration file

SYNOPSIS
     wackamole.conf

DESCRIPTION
     wackamole	reads  its configuration information from wackamole.conf (or the
     file specified with -c on the command line).

     Spread  The spread daemon to which wackamole should connect.  Default value
	     is "4803".

     SpreadRetryInterval
	     The time interval between a failed attempt to connect to Spread and
	     the next attempt.	Default "5s".

     Group   The Spread group overwhich all wackamole instances in  the  cluster
	     will communicate.

     Control
	     The  file	(unix  domain socket) on which wackamole will listen for
	     and to which wackatrl will  send  out-of-band  administrative  com-
	     mands.

     AcquisitionsPerRound
	     This is specified within a Balance stanza. This value informs wack-
	     amole  of the maximum number of interfaces it will assume responsi-
	     bility for in a single balancing roung.  Possible values  are  non-
	     negative integers and the keywork "all".

     Interval
	     This  is  specified  within a Balance stanza.  This value specifies
	     how long each balancing round is to take.	The default is "4s".

	     Sample Balance stanza:

		   Balance {
		     AcquisitionsPerRound = all
		     interval = 4s
		   }

     Mature  Desribing the time interval required before an new node becomes ma-
	     ture and can assume responsibilities.  The default value is "5s".

     Arp-Cache
	     This time interval is the interval at which wackamole  will  recol-
	     lect  local arp cache information and share it with its peers.  The
	     default is "60s".

     Prefer <IP>
	     Tells wackamole that this IP address is preferred and that  an  at-
	     tempt should be made to assume responsibility for the VIF headed by
	     this  IP.	Use of this option is discouraged as wackamole can typi-
	     cally make decisions all by its lonesome.

     VirtualInterfaces
	     This stanza describes the virtual interfaces (and	the  virtual  IP
	     addresses	those interfaces contain) that wackamole will manage.  A
	     virtual interface can be a single IP address of the form:

		   int:IP/CIDR
		   int:IP/CIDRnNET

	     Interfaces may consist of multiple grouped IPs (that cannot be sep-
	     arated) by specifiying them in braces:

		   { int:IP/CIDR int:IP/CIDRnNET int:IP/CIDR }

	     int in the syntax represents the physical interface on which the IP
	     address will be managed ( e.g. fxp0, eth1, en0, hme0 ).   IP  is  a
	     standard  form IPv4 address.  CIDR is the numeric CIDR-form netmask
	     (the number of set bits in the netmask).  Note that many  operating
	     systems  (  FreeBSD,  Solaris,  Mac OS X) recommend that aliases be
	     added with a netmask of 0xffffffff and in these cases, /32  is  the
	     appropirate  CIDR	to  use.  NET provides a hint to wackamole as to
	     the netspace in which the IP sits.  As the netmask directly on  the
	     interface	is  often  /32,  it  often  does not illustrate that ARP
	     spoofs can be sent to other IPs (as none lie in  its  directly  at-
	     tached netspace.  NET is a way of effectively telling wackamole the
	     directly  attached  IP network that ARP responses could be sent to.
	     If NET is not specified, it is assumed to be a n24.

	     With the exception of the interface name and perhaps  the	netmask,
	     these  stanzas  must  be across all machines in the cluster.  Wack-
	     amole manages IP addresses by both index number and IP address,  so
	     it  is  fundamental that the lists look the same and be in the same
	     order.

	     Sample VirtualInterfaces stanza:

		   VirtualInterfaces {
		       eth0:10.2.3.11/24
		       eth0:10.2.3.12/24
		       eth0:10.2.3.13/24
		       eth0:10.2.3.13/24
		       eth0:10.2.3.13/24
		   }

	     Sample multi-IP VirtualInterfaces stanza:

		   VirtualInterfaces {
		       { fxp0:192.168.10.2/32n23 fxp1:192.0.2.2/32n29 }
		       { fxp0:192.168.10.3/32n23 fxp1:192.0.2.3/32n29 }
		   }

EXTENSIBILITY
     Wackamole allows for user-defined actions to occur when  HA  events  occur.
     There are four types of events:

     on up   This occurs when a virtual interface is brought online.

     on down
	     This occurs when a virtual interface is brought offline.

     post up
	     This  occurs  after a balancing round during which one or more vir-
	     tual interfaces where brought online.

     post down
	     This occurs after a balancing round during which one or  more  vir-
	     tual interfaces where brought offline.

     Wackamole	allows shared objects to loaded and executed during any of these
     events by specifying:

     RunDynamic module:func event

     module is a shared object (or dyld bundle) that can be loaded using the op-
     erating systems dynamic run-time loader (dlopen or dyld).	func is the name
     of the symbol to be referenced from that object and invoked.  event is  one
     of the four events listed above.

     Wackamole	also has an optional embedded perl interpreter which allows mod-
     ules written in perl to be loaded and executed.  Perl specific options are:

     PerlUseLib
	     Takes a directory as a parameter and is  effectively  the	same  as
	     performing use lib within perl.

     PerlUse
	     Takes  a  module  as a parameter and performs a use on it making it
	     available for use within wackamole.

     The RunDynamic directive envokes perl methods if two colons (::)  are  used
     to   seperate   the   module   from   the	 func.	  Sample   execution  of
     MyModule::DoMagic on a post up event:

	   PerlUseLib /opt/wackamole/site
	   PerlUse MyModule
	   RunDynamic MyModule::DoMagic post up

AUTHORS
     Yair Amir <yairamir@cnds.jhu.edu> Ryan Caudy <wyvern@cnds.jhu.edu>  Aashima
     Munjal <munjal@cnds.jhu.edu> Theo Schlossnagle <jesus@cnds.jhu.edu>

SEE ALSO
     wackamole(8) wackatrl(1)

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  May 06, 2014		       WACKAMOLE.CONF(5)

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