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Chapter 10 vShield Edge Management
Manage Load Balancer Service
The vShield Edge provides load balancing for HTTP traffic. Load balancing (up to Layer 7) enables Web
application auto-scaling.
Figure 10-2.
vShield Edge Providing Load Balancing Service for Protected Virtual Machines
You map an external (or public) IP address to a set of internal servers for load balancing. The load balancer
accepts HTTP requests on the external IP address and decides which internal server to use. Port 80 is the
default listening port for load balancer service.
To configure load balancer service
1
In the vSphere Client, go to
Inventory > Networking
.
2
Select an internal port group that is protected by a vShield Edge.
3
Click the
vShield Edge
tab.
4
Click the
Load Balancer
link.
5
Click
Add Rule
above the External IP Addresses table.
A new row appears in the table.
6
Double-click the External IP Addresses column cell to enter the external IP address.
7
Double-click the Algorithm column cell to select the routing algorithm.
8
(Optional) Select the Logging check box to send a syslog event for each request to the external IP address.
9
Press
ENTER
.
10 Click
Add Rule
above the Load Balanced Servers IP Addresses table.
11 Double-click the cell to enter the IP address of the first web server.
12 Press
ENTER
.
13 Click
Add Rule
above the Load Balanced Servers IP Addresses table.
14 Double-click the new cell to enter the IP address of the second web server.
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