Specifications

Chapter 6: Administering Virtual Clusters
86 Equalizer Installation and Administration Guide
• configure the Equalizer cluster to add the custom header to all requests before sending them
on to the OWA server (this is explained below)
Equalizer provides the ability to specify a custom header for HTTPS clusters. The following
procedure shows you how to add a custom header to a new or existing HTTPS cluster definition,
using the header required for an OWA server as an example.
1. Log into the Equalizer Administration Interface in Edit mode.
2. Do one of the following:
a. Create a new virtual cluster: select Add > Virtual Cluster from the main menu bar. The
add cluster screen appears in the right frame.
b. Modify an existing virtual cluster: select the cluster name in the left frame, and then select
menu > Change Cluster Parameters in the right frame. The modify cluster screen
appears in the right frame.
3. If it is not already checked, select the advanced check box in the flags section of the screen in
the right frame. The custom header field appears as shown in the following figure:
Figure 43 The custom header field
4. Type the following in the custom header field:
Front-End-Https: on
5. Set other parameters and flags for the cluster as desired; see “Adding a Virtual Cluster” on page
67 for more details.
6. Select commit to create or modify the cluster.
Performance Considerations for HTTPS Clusters
Layer 7 HTTPS clusters have several features which are not present in HTTP clusters. The two
most important of these features are: