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ipvsctl - User Documentation

Setting up a playground

• multipass-playground shows how to use multipass to set up a vm and run tests etc.

Command Reference and Examples

• get is used to retrieve the current active configuration
• validate validates a mode configuration
• apply applies a configuration from a model file
• changeset is used to mask the difference between the current active configuration and a model file
• set is used to change settings on individual destinations, e.g. weights

Model Reference

ipvsctl works on yaml structures, which are described in the model section.

Dynamic parameters

ipvsctl's model may contain dynamic parameters. Placeholders such as ${myvar} are read from a source other than the model file.

Using ipvsctl programmatically

• libraryexample1 shows how to apply complete models from json.
• libraryexample2 is about working with change sets to modify individual items