Thanks Kurt. I don't use tftp so that is not a concern. I was hoping for something a little easier like the two dnsmasq instances talking to each other and passing information. Oh well, c'est la vie. So this is not on the roadmap?
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Sent: Friday, March 2, 2018 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq failover
Post by Donald MullerAt the risk of offending Geert I have a question on failover. I found a
thread from 6 years ago discussing dnsmasq failover. There were a number
of suggestions made that required enhancements to dnsmasq none of which
seem to have been implemented. Is this a dead idea or something that is still
on the back (very back) burner?
The simplest approach is to share your configs, usually with a shared
filesystem or drbd if you must, then configure CARP or VRRP, and set up
heartbeat to start up the secondary when the primary fails. This is far more
reliable than trying to juggle which tftp address to pass your pxe clients, and
is generalizable to other services.
khm