7.3

Add an On-Demand Load Balancer Component
You can drag an NSX on-demand load balancer component onto the design canvas and configure its
settings for use with vSphere machine components and container components in the blueprint.
For related information about creating NSX application profiles to define the behavior of a particular type
of network traffic, see the NSX Administration Guide for your release at
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/nsx_pubs.html.
Procedure
1 Define Load Balancer Member Settings
You can define an on-demand NSX load balancer component to distribute task processing among
provisioned vSphere member machines or container machines in a network.
2 Define Virtual Server General Settings
You can define a single virtual server protocol and port for your load balancer or you can add
additional virtual servers to customize additional NSX load balancer options.
3 Define Virtual Server Distribution Settings
By selecting the Customize option on the General tab, you can specify information about the pool
members such as the port on which the members receive traffic, the protocol type that the NSX load
balancer can use for accessing that port, the algorithm used for load balancing, and persistence
settings.
4 Define Virtual Server Health Check Settings
By selecting the Customize option on the General tab, you can specify how, or if, the NSX load
balancer performs health checks on pool members within the virtual server.
5 Define Virtual Server Advanced Settings
By selecting the Customize option on the General tab, you can customize the NSX load balancer
component to specify settings such as the number of concurrent connections that a single pool
member can recognize and the maximum number of concurrent connections that the virtual server
can process.
6 Define Load Balancer Logging Options
You can define the types of load balancer logging actions that are captured and recorded in the load
balancer logs.
Define Load Balancer Member Settings
You can define an on-demand NSX load balancer component to distribute task processing among
provisioned vSphere member machines or container machines in a network.
When you add a load balancer component to a blueprint in the design canvas, you can choose either a
default or custom option when creating or editing your virtual server definitions in the load balancer
component. The default option allows you to specify the virtual server protocol, port, and description and
use defaults for all other settings. The custom option allows you to define additional levels of detail.
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