DEPLOYMENT GUIDE Load Balancing Smoothwall Secure Web Gateway v1.4.2 Deployment Guide Contents 1. About this Guide................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 2. Loadbalancer.org Appliances Supported................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 . Loadbalancer.org So!tware "ersions Supported................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 4. Smoothwall Web Gateway Appliances Supported............................................................................................................................................................................ 4 5. Loadbalancer.org $ Smoothwall......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... # %. Benefits o! Implementing a Load Balancer.............................................................................................................................................................................................. # (. Load Balancer )on&guration *ptions............................................................................................................................................................................................................ # Deployment Modes...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Layer 4 +,ecommended-................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ # Persistence / Server Affinity..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Source IP Address +,ecommended-................................................................................................................................................................................................... # /estination 0ash................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... % 1. Web Gateway /eployment 2odes.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. % 1 – Explicit Proxy Mode !ecommended".............................................................................................................................................................................................................# 2 – %r&nsp&rent !outed Proxy Mode........................................................................................................................................................................................................................# 3. Summary o! /eployment *ptions.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... % 14. Loadbalancer.org Appliance 5 the Basics................................................................................................................................................................................................ ( 'irtu&l Appli&nce Do(nlo&d & Deployment.......................................................................................................................................................................................................* +niti&l ,et(or- Confi/ur&tion............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................* Accessin/ t0e 1e2 User +nterf&ce 1e23+"......................................................................................................................................................................................................4 5A Clustered Pair Confi/ur&tion...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6 11. *ption 1 5 6xplicit Proxy 2ode +,ecommended-............................................................................................................................................................................ 14 7ption 1A – Usin/ D! Direct !eturn" Mode !ecommended".....................................................................................................................................................18 /eployment Architecture............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Load Balancer )on&guration...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Web Gateway )on&guration..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 8inali9e Settings................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 7ption 19 – Usin/ ,A% Mode........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1: /eployment Architecture............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Load Balancer )on&guration.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1# Web Gateway )on&guration..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 8inali9e Settings................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 7ption 1C – Usin/ ,A% Mode Preferred ,A% %opolo/y"....................................................................................................................................................................16 /eployment Architecture............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Load Balancer )on&guration................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Web Gateway )on&guration.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 8inali9e Settings.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Confi/ur&tion Settin/s Common to 7ptions 1A; 19 & 1....................................................................................................................................................................$< Web Gateway *perating 2ode...........................................................................................................................................................................................................