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--- keepalive [2026/03/16 20:17] – created reddy
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+Configure this service on 2 VMs. The backup will take over the floating IP if it does not receive the VRRP traffic.
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+With "vrrp_strict" removed from the default config, the VRRP traffic is less likely to get dropped (does not need explicit firewall rules for multicast VRRP traffic to 224.0.0.18). If multicast is still blocked, we use unicast - therefore the unicast_src_ip and unicast_peer parameters.