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Farm IP and Port:
This displays the current farm you are modifying. These fields are set in the “Add Farm” screen.
Once set, they are not changeable. If they must be changed, delete the farm and then add a
new one.
IP Address:
Add an IP address to the current farm configuration. The IP address can be the same as long
as the port number does not duplicate any existing IP/port combinations.
Label:
The label is displayed on the column to the left of the corresponding IP addresses in the main
status screen. Although labels can be anything, it is better to have meaningful and unique label
for each farm. The label field is also used as the host name in “HOST:” MIME header to when
checking HTTP servers. The “HOST:” MIME header is essential in virtual hosting as that will
determine which site is being accessed. The format of the farm label should be the site host
name (i.e. www.xyz.com), max length 75 bytes. Without a label specified, a 401 (Unauthorized)
error code is still considered a live server. If you have a label specified and the server returns
error code 401, then the WebMux will consider that server dead. For both Microsoft® IIS and
Apache® servers doing virtual hosting, the farm name label must be an existing web site name
on the server. For more information on Virtual hosting, reference page 62 for more details.
Port Number:
You can specify a port number that doesn’t duplicate any existing IP/port combinations. A port
number of “all” will enable all port ranges, but excluding any already existing ports associated
with the specified IP address. Please see the note at the end of this section regarding the
behaviors of the additional IP/port in conjunction with SSL termination.
Service:
This allows you to specify the type of health checking you want the WebMux to perform for this
MAP instance.
SSL Termination:
You can enable the WebMux to do the SSL termination of this MAP instance.
SSL Port:
The known secure port for the type of service you selected will be automatically filled in. You
can manually change it if you are using a different port for that service.
Block Non-SSL Access to Farm:
Prohibits non-SSL connection to this MAP instance.
Tag SSL-terminated HTTP Requests:
