Installing the Software

The software providing LVS functionality is released in the following RPM packages:

piranha (programs)
ipvsadm (virtual server administration tool)
piranha-gui (HTML configuration tool)
piranha-docs (documentation)

These packages are automatically installed during the Red Hat High Availability Server installation, which is described in Part I in Red Hat Linux 6.2.

To obtain possible updates of these (or other) packages for your hardware platform, visit http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/updates.html on the Red Hat website.