From Nekoware

Balance is our surprisingly successful load balancing solution being a simple but powerful generic tcp proxy with round robin load balancing and failover mechanisms. Its behaviour can be controlled at runtime using a simple command line syntax.

For more informationen please visit https://www.inlab.de/balance.html

[edit] Installing the package

Download and install the neko_balance-3.35 (version 1) tardist package from the Nekoware repository.

Installation of the precompiled binary package can be achieved using either Software Manager or inst: In the case of inst, all that's required is the command:

~ $ inst -f /path/to/neko_balance-3.35.tardist
install all
keep *.opt.src
go
quit

You will need "root" privileges to install the software.

A list of all files is installed by this package is available.

[edit] Package Dependencies

The following additional packages are required to run this software correctly:

• neko_openssl (version 11)

[edit] Package Incompatibilities

The following packages are marked as incompatible.

• No incompatibilities.

[edit] Package Layout

Default indicates whether the subsystem will be installed if "install standard" (or similar) is used. Order is used if any given subsystem must be installed before others.

[edit] Post installation Steps

none

[edit] Compiling

As for the majority of Nekoware packages, the 7.4.x release of SGI's MIPSpro Compiler suite has been used to build this package.

[edit] Environment

export CC=c99
export CFLAGS='-O3 -mips4 -I/usr/nekoware/include -OPT:Olimit=0:roundoff=3  -TARG:platform=IP27:proc=r10000'
export CXXFLAGS=$CFLAGS
export CPPFLAGS='-I/usr/nekoware/include'
export CXX=CC
export F77=f77
export LDFLAGS='-L/usr/nekoware/lib -rpath /usr/nekoware/lib'
export PKG_CONFIG=/usr/nekoware/bin/pkg-config
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib/pkgconfig'
export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR='/usr/nekoware/lib'
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib'
export LD_LIBRARYN32_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib'
export LD_LIBRARY64_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib64'
export GNOME2_DIR='/usr/nekoware'
export GNUMAKE='/usr/nekoware/bin/make'
export PATH=/usr/nekoware/bin:$PATH
export PYTHONHOME=/usr/nekoware
export PYTHONPATH=/usr/nekoware/lib/python2.4
export PERL=/usr/nekoware/bin/perl      
export QTDIR=/usr/nekoware/qt4

[edit] Configure

Edit the Makefile first
gmake && gmake install

[edit] Release Notes

Click on the "show" link to expand the contents of the package's 'relnotes' file.

PACKAGE NAME:

neko_balance

SOURCE/VERSION:

balance-3.35        

DESCRIPTION:

Balance is our surprisingly successful load balancing solution being a simple but powerful generic tcp proxy with round robin load balancing and failover mechanisms. Its behaviour can be controlled at runtime using a simple command line syntax.

For more informationen please visit https://www.inlab.de/balance.html 

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES:

export CC=c99
export CFLAGS='-O3 -mips4 -I/usr/nekoware/include -OPT:Olimit=0:roundoff=3  -TARG:platform=IP27:proc=r10000'
export CXXFLAGS=$CFLAGS
export CPPFLAGS='-I/usr/nekoware/include'
export CXX=CC
export F77=f77
export LDFLAGS='-L/usr/nekoware/lib -rpath /usr/nekoware/lib'
export PKG_CONFIG=/usr/nekoware/bin/pkg-config
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib/pkgconfig'
export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR='/usr/nekoware/lib'
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib'
export LD_LIBRARYN32_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib'
export LD_LIBRARY64_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib64'
export GNOME2_DIR='/usr/nekoware'
export GNUMAKE='/usr/nekoware/bin/make'
export PATH=/usr/nekoware/bin:$PATH
export PYTHONHOME=/usr/nekoware
export PYTHONPATH=/usr/nekoware/lib/python2.4
export PERL=/usr/nekoware/bin/perl      
export QTDIR=/usr/nekoware/qt4

CONFIGURE FLAGS:

Edit the Makefile first
gmake && gmake install


INSTALLATION

none

KNOWN DEPENDANCIES:

none

ERRORS/MISCELLANEOUS:

Edit balance.h:69 and define SHMDIR to "/usr/nekoware/var/run/balance" first before start compiling.

mkdir /usr/nekoware/var/run/balance
chmod 1777 /usr/nekoware/var/run/balance

PACKAGED BY:

Joerg Behrens (behrens@takenet.de)

[edit] Errors/Miscellaneous

Edit balance.h:69 and define SHMDIR to "/usr/nekoware/var/run/balance" first before start compiling.

mkdir /usr/nekoware/var/run/balance chmod 1777 /usr/nekoware/var/run/balance

[edit] Older Versions

• None

[edit] External Links

• https://www.inlab.de/balance.html