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Chapter 10 vShield Edge Management
Manage Load Balancer Service
ThevShieldEdgeprovidesloadbalancingforHTTPtraffic.Loadbalancing(uptoLayer7)enablesWeb
applicationauto‐scaling.
Figure 10-2. vShield Edge Providing Load Balancing Service for Protected Virtual Machines
Youmapanexternal(orpublic)IPaddresstoasetofinternalserversforloadbalancing.Theloadbalancer
acceptsHTTPrequestsontheexternalIPaddressanddecides
whichinternalservertouse.Port80isthe
defaultlisteningportforloadbalancerservice.
To configure load balancer service
1InthevSphereClient,gotoInventory>Networking.
2 SelectaninternalportgroupthatisprotectedbyavShieldEdge.
3ClickthevShieldEdgetab.
4ClicktheLoadBalancerlink.
5ClickAddRuleabovethe
ExternalIPAddressestable.
Anewrowappearsinthetable.
6Double‐clicktheExternalIPAddressescolumncelltoentertheexternalIPaddress.
7Double‐clicktheAlgorithmcolumncelltoselecttheroutingalgorithm.
8 (Optional)SelecttheLoggingcheckboxtosendasyslogeventforeachrequesttothe
externalIPaddress.
9PressENTER.
10 ClickAddRuleabovetheLoadBalancedServersIPAddressestable.
11 Double‐clickthecelltoentertheIPaddressofthefirstwebserver.
12 PressENTER.
13 ClickAddRuleabovetheLoadBalancedServersIPAddressestable.
14 Double‐clickthenewcelltoentertheIPaddressofthesecondwebserver.
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