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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 clus-
	       ter will	communicate.

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

       AcquisitionsPerRound
	       This  is	 specified within a Balance stanza. This value informs
	       wackamole of the	maximum	number of interfaces  it  will	assume
	       responsibility  for in a	single balancing roung.	 Possible val-
	       ues are non-negative integers and the keywork "all".

       Interval
	       This is specified within	a Balance stanza.  This	 value	speci-
	       fies  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
	       mature and can assume responsibilities.	The default  value  is
	       "5s".

       Arp-Cache
	       This time interval is the interval at which wackamole will rec-
	       ollect 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
	       attempt should be made to assume	 responsibility	 for  the  VIF
	       headed  by this IP.  Use	of this	option is discouraged as wack-
	       amole can typically make	decisions all by its lonesome.

       VirtualInterfaces
	       This stanza describes the virtual interfaces (and  the  virtual
	       IP addresses those interfaces contain) that wackamole will man-
	       age.   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
	       separated) 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) rec-
	       ommend that aliases be added with a netmask of  0xffffffff  and
	       in  these  cases, /32 is	the appropirate	CIDR to	use.  NET pro-
	       vides 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 attached	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 net-
	       mask, these stanzas must	be across all machines in the cluster.
	       Wackamole manages IP addresses by both index number and IP  ad-
	       dress, 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 oc-
       cur.  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
	       virtual interfaces where	brought	online.

       post down
	       This  occurs  after  a balancing	round during which one or more
	       virtual 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
       operating  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
       modules written in perl to be loaded and	executed.  Perl	 specific  op-
       tions 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	  <je-
       sus@cnds.jhu.edu>

SEE ALSO
       wackamole(8) wackatrl(1)

FreeBSD	ports 15.0		 May 06, 2014		     WACKAMOLE.CONF(5)

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