Manage a pound instance
pound [start | stop | status | monitor | meta-data | validate-all]
The Pound Resource Agent can manage pound instances.
config
The Pound configuration file that pound should manage, for example "/etc/pound.cfg".
(unique, required, string, no default)
name
Override the name of the instance that should be given to pound (defaults to the resource identifier).
(unique, optional, string, default "default")
pid
Write the process's PID to the specified file. The default will include the specified name, ie.: "/var/run/pound_production.pid". Unlike what this help message shows. It is most likely not necessary to change this parameter.
(unique, optional, string, default "/var/run/pound_default.pid")
binary
This is used to start pound server. Normally use pound.
(optional, string, default "pound")
ctl_binary
This is used to watch pound status via unix socket. Normally use poundctl.
(optional, string, default "poundctl")
socket_path
Write the process's unix socket. This parameter is same 'Control' parameter in configuration file, ie.: Control "/var/lib/pound/pound.cfg"
(optional, string, default "/var/lib/pound/pound.cfg")
This resource agent supports the following actions (operations):
start
Starts the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 20.
stop
Stops the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 20.
monitor
Performs a detailed status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 20. Suggested interval: 10.
status
Performs a status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 20.
meta-data
Retrieves resource agent metadata (internal use only). Suggested minimum timeout: 5.
validate-all
Performs a validation of the resource configuration. Suggested minimum timeout: 20.
The following is an example configuration for a pound resource using the crm(8) shell:
primitive p_pound ocf:heartbeat:pound \ params \ config=string \ op monitor timeout="20" interval="10" depth="0"
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