Keepalived
Routing software for Linux that provides load balancing with IPVS and high availability with VRRP.
www.keepalived.orgrepositorydocs
Keepalived is routing software written in C that adds load balancing and high availability to Linux systems. Its load balancing builds on the IPVS kernel module, with health checkers that keep each server pool current. Its high availability uses the VRRP protocol for router failover.
Keepalived runs as a daemon, and the installation page shows it enabled as a systemd service that starts at boot. Most Linux distributions ship a package. The download page says the project itself provides no binary packages, and the source is compiled with configure and make.
Worth knowing
Keepalived’s pages describe load balancing for server pools and failover for routers. They do not name websites or web applications.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Alexandre Cassen1
- Maintained by
- Individual1
- First release
- 20006
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-29: links, Maintainer, Maintained by, Categories, License
www.keepalived.org/ - 2026-10-29: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/acassen/keepalived - 2026-10-29: links
www.keepalived.org/documentation/user-guide/introduction/ - 2026-10-29: Runtime, Runs as, Install with
www.keepalived.org/documentation/user-guide/installing/ - 2026-10-29: Install with, Current major version, Last release
www.keepalived.org/download/ - 2026-10-29: First release
www.keepalived.org/documentation/changelog/ - 2026-10-29: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/acassen/keepalived/contributors