1. Copy config Files cp /usr/share/doc/packages/heartbeat/authkeys /etc/ha.d/ cp /usr/share/doc/packages/heartbeat/ha.cf /etc/ha.d/ cp /usr/share/doc/packages/heartbeat/haresources /etc/ha.d/ 2. Set authkeys Edit /etc/ha.d/authkeys and select one of the authentication methods, give your own passphrase. Compare with Reference, authkeys Copy authkeys to second node scp /etc/ha.d/authkeys power720-3.hwlab.suse.de:/etc/ha.d/ Set correct access rigths on this file on both nodes power720-2:# chmod 600 /etc/ha.d/authkeys power720-3:# chmod 600 /etc/ha.d/authkeys 3. Configure heartbeat Edit /etc/ha.d/ha.cf. This is the main configuration file for heartbeat, but NOT for the resources that will be monitored. Reference, ha.cf Enable the logging. Set your time between heartbeats. Set the node names. These have to be the equivalent of uname -n on each node. The order is not significant. Set your heartbeat host node, this is the only setting that will be different on the machines. Copy ha.cf to second node scp /etc/ha.d/ha.cf power720-3.hwlab.suse.de:/etc/ha.d/ Logon to the second node and correct the heartbeat host node. 4. Configure resources Edit haresources, Reference haresources Here you define the primary node, the IP address that should be provided by the cluster and that drbd should be controlled by heartbeat. /dev/drbd0 should be mounted as /data by heartbeat. The services nmb, smb and nagios should be started (and subsequently stopped) by heartbeat. 5. Start heartbeat on both nodes power720-2:# rcheartbeat start power720-3:# rcheartbeat start