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Re: [Xen-users] Migration of Xen Networking Setup to new ISP

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Migration of Xen Networking Setup to new ISP
From: Simon Hobson <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 07:53:50 +0100
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Thomas Jensen wrote:

I currently use pci hide to hide a physical NIC from the Dom0. This NIC is passed to a firewall DomU. Two other NICs are passed to the firewall DomU to create a standard three NIC firewall. The fourth NIC in the Dom0 is on a separate subnet (not part of the firewall) and is used only for managment of the Dom0.

I would like to setup a firewall DomU on the new ISP and then migrate the DomUs to the new firewall one at a time. I am getting tripped up on the fact that my server can't have two gateway addresses active at one time.

Well a lot depends on how you want to migrate. There are different approaches, in part a lot depends on whether you intend to keep the old ISP going :

The Big Bang
You switch off the old connection, and turn on the new one. No complications here, you simply switch configs and wait for the DNS changes to propagate. Nothing special here except to have all your configs worked out in advance to minimise downtime.

Dual running
A bit more work, but you parallel run for a while while DNS changes propagate and eventually turn off the old connection (unless you want to keep it running).

Phased migration
You move one bit (service or server) at a time, probably combined with parallel running.

You can do policy based routing in your firewall. Setup a new internal bridge for the new subnet you get from your ISP - it doesn't need to have a NIC assigned to it. Add extra virtual NICs to the guests.

You then need to set up routing policies (can't help there, never done it but I know it can be done) so that :
Traffic TO subnet A is routed to the old internal network
Traffic FROM subnet A is routed out via ISP A
Traffic TO subnet B is routed to the new network
Traffic FROM subnet B is routed out via ISP B

I think you can probably do this by running a shared network with both subnet A and subnet B on it - ie the extra internal bridge probably isn't necessary. Something to look into.

This article explains how it's done with Shorewall (installed by default on all my systems)
http://shorewall.net/MultiISP.html

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