I just stumbled upon this thing at a clients setup … so im in the process of learning this.
Status of the Load Balancer:
# poundctl -c /var/run/pound/poundctl.socket 0. HTTPS Listener xx.yy.zz.176:443 a 0. Service active (15) 0. Backend 192.168.1.20:80 active (5 0.000 sec) alive 1. Backend 192.168.1.21:80 active (5 0.000 sec) alive 2. Backend 192.168.1.22:80 active (5 0.000 sec) alive -1. Global services
To disable 192.168.1.21 :
# poundctl -c /var/run/pound/poundctl.socket -b 0 0 1
To enable:
# poundctl -c /var/run/pound/poundctl.socket -B 0 0 1