Failover and high availability

Get answers to common technical questions about failover and high availability for Rackspace Private Cloud Powered By OpenStack (RPCO) v13.

How does a failover scenario work?

Services running within containers are managed on a virtual interface, and failover is managed through the load balancer. If a service fails for any reason, the load balancer detects the failure and removes the failed container from the pool of load-balanced containers.