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List:       wireguard
Subject:    Re: Using Wireguard for Geo redundancy
From:       Dashamir Hoxha <dashohoxha () gmail ! com>
Date:       2020-11-04 16:53:25
Message-ID: CAMucfLxWUdzx5LfiYRhE+yypY8zC6ch868RO_NV231GCMvZo6Q () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 8:07 PM dxiri@xirihosting.com
<dxiri@xirihosting.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I am looking for information on how to leverage Wireguard in a geo-redundancy \
> scenario. 
> We have a couple management boxes colocated next to each other that provide HA via \
> a VIP that "jumps" between each of those management boxes depending on \
> availability.

How is HA implemented in this case? If it is based on ARP, then I am
afraid that WireGuard cannot do the same thing.

> 
> Now lets say we want to place management box on datacenter 1 (DC1) and management \
> box 2 on datacenter2 (DC2). 
> Assuming the VIP cannot move between DCs, how could you leverage Wireguard to \
> provide the same level of redundancy but with geographically dispersed hosts? 
> Any information on this topic or documentation that points me in the right \
> direction would be really appreciated!

Here are some of the cases where WG can be useful:
https://gitlab.com/docker-scripts/wireguard/-/blob/master/docs/wg-usecases.md

None of them solves your problem, but maybe this can help you to
understand better how WG works.

> 
> Thanks!
> Diego
> 


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