Advanced Networking Services Guide
Table Of Contents
- vCloud Air Advanced Networking Services Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introducing Advanced Networking Services for vCloud Air
- Advanced Routing for vCloud Air
- Certificate and Security Group Management
- Network Security and Isolation
- Load Balancing
- Secure Access Using Virtual Private Networks
- IP Service Management: NAT and DHCP
- Index
Option Description
Application Profile
Select the application profile to be associated with the virtual server. You
can associate only an application profile with the same protocol as the
virtual server that you are adding.
Name
Type a name for the virtual server.
Description
(Optional) Type a description for the virtual server.
IP Address
Type the IP address that the load balancer is listening on.
Protocol
(Optional) Select the protocol from the drop-down menu—HTTP, HTTPS,
TCP, UDP.
Port
Type the port number that the load balancer will listen on.
Default Pool
(Optional)
Connection Limit
(Optional) Type the maximum concurrent connections that the virtual
server can process.
Connection Rate Limit (CPS)
(Optional) Type the maximum incoming new connection requests per
second.
5 (Optional) To associate application rules with the virtual server, click the Advanced tab and complete
the following steps:
a
Click the Add ( ) icon.
The application rules created for the load balancer appear. If necessary, add application rules for
the load balancer. See “Add an Application Rule,” on page 47.
b
6 Click OK.
What to do next
Create an edge gateway firewall rule to permit traffic to the new virtual server (the destination IP address).
See “Add an Edge Gateway Firewall Rule,” on page 31.
Add an Application Rule
You can write an application rule to directly manipulate and manage IP application traffic.
Procedure
1 Log in to vCloud Air and navigate to the vCloud Edge Gateway Services UI.
See “Log In and Navigate to Advanced Networking Services,” on page 9 for information.
2 Click the Load Balancer tab and Application Rules.
3
Click the Add ( ) icon.
The Add Application Rule dialog box appears.
4 Type the name for the application rule.
5 Type the script for the application rule.
For information on the application rule syntax, see
http://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/configuration-1.5.html.
For more information about creating application rules for load balancing in vCloud Air, see Application
Rule Examples in the NSX Administration Guide.
Chapter 5 Load Balancing
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