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diff --git a/0005_wan_load_balancing.md b/0005_wan_load_balancing.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f29c370 --- /dev/null +++ b/0005_wan_load_balancing.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# VCP5: WAN load-blancing rework + +Up to VyOS 1.3 there is a dedicated CLI tree `load-balancing wan` used to +aggregate multiple WAN links for either load-sharing or backup. + +When reworking this implementation for VyOS 1.4 we should rethink the CLI design +and also the concept behind it. + +## Current status + +load-balancing relies on a dedicated "daemon" written in C that directly interacts +with iptables/nftables and the routing. It also comes with a duplicate copy of the +NAT CLI nodes only used for WAN load balancing which is quiet redundant. + +## Design Goals for a redesign + +* Make use of the common `nat source` CLI tree +* Make use of failover-route implementation +* Get rid of any additional daemon monitoring those routes |