Mysql failover

[Alan DeKok]

Luis Galán wrote:
...
> 1.- If my mysql server 1 is down and mysql server 2 is up. And I try to 
> start the freeradius daemon, it returns me an error like that:
...
> 2.- If I start freeradius daemon and my 2 mysql server is up, all works 
> fine (obviously), but if my mysql server 1 fails, freeradius still works 
> (Great!!).
> 
> Then it seems that the problem is only at the start time. Is it Right?
> Is it a bug?

  It's arguably a bug.  The server could be a little more forgiving of
databases that are down.

  On the other hand, if your databases are down, then the server can't
really authenticate anyone, can it?

  Alan DeKok.
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