bhyve and CARP?

[Nikos Vassiliadis]

Hi,

On 03/01/16 18:43, dweimer wrote:
> I am considering setting up a bhyve virtual machine to run pfSense. Not
> too thrilled with the CPU heat on the PC Engines APU1D4 when under heavy
> load, but don't want to rely entirely on a VM. As I like still having
> internet if I would have to take my server offline for disk replacement
> or other issues, having web access to search for errors is a big plus.
> So in order to avoid spending money on a new piece of hardware I thought
> why not do a VM with CARP fail over to the physical. I am not finding
> much searching on FreeBSD byhve and CARP, I know its somewhat of an
> issue withing VMware on ESX making sure you enable the right options on
> the virtual switches and interfaces.
>
> Enable promiscuous mode on the vSwitch
> Enable "MAC Address changes"
> Enable "Forged transmits"
>
> Before I got started on the setup I was curious if anyone has done
> something similar, or know if this isn't possible on bhyve at the
> current version? I am running my system currently on 10.3-BETA3.
>

I am running two postgres VMs with DRBD and not CARP but UCARP which
should be 100% compatible with CARP. Each VM has a tap interface and
each tap is bridged to a bridge interface. There is no need for special
configuration. Everything works as expected.

HTH,
Nikos