Loadbalancer.org Appliance Administration v5.5 Copyright © Loadbalancer.org Limited 2002-2007 Table of Contents Loadbalancer.org Appliance Administration v5.5................................................................................1 Introduction......................................................................................................................................4 Console configuration......................................................................................................................4 Remote configuration......................................................................................................................6 Edit Configuration...........................................................................................................................7 Logical Load balancer configuration..........................................................................................7 Modify Logical Virtual Severs ..................................................................................................7 Modify Logical Real Severs .....................................................................................................11 Modify Global Settings ............................................................................................................13 Modify logical Virtual Servers (Layer 7 HAProxy)..................................................................14 Modify logical Real Servers (Layer 7 HAProxy)......................................................................15 Physical Load Balancer Configuration..........................................................................................16 Modify the physical Real IP(s) .................................................................................................16 Modify the physical network configuration .............................................................................16 Modify the physical Virtual IP(s)..............................................................................................16 Modify logical Virtual Servers (SSL Termination Pound)........................................................17 Manage this SSL certificate......................................................................................................18 How do I import certificates exported from Windows Server?.....................................................19 Windows.........................................................................................................................................19 UNIX..............................................................................................................................................19 Services..........................................................................................................................................20 Restart Heartbeat.......................................................................................................................20 Restart Ldirectord......................................................................................................................20 Restart Pound-SSL....................................................................................................................20 Restart HAPoxy.........................................................................................................................20 Power Control................................................................................................................................20 Shut down and restart server.....................................................................................................20 Shut down and halt server.........................................................................................................20 Advanced.......................................................................................................................................20 Execute a shell command..........................................................................................................20 Maintenance...................................................................................................................................21 Maintain Real Servers....................................................................................................................21 Take a real server offline or online ...........................................................................................21 Backup & Recovery.......................................................................................................................22 Make a configuration backup...................................................................................................22 Restore configuration from backup..........................................................................................22 Disaster Recovery Options.......................................................................................................22 Security & Maintenance................................................................................................................22 Change passwords....................................................................................................................22 Modify the maintenance (holding) page of this load balancer ................................................23 Firewall lock down wizard........................................................................................................24 Modify the firewall script of this load balancer........................................................................25 Using the firewall script to NAT real severs.............................................................................26 Initialise statistics tracking database (rrdtool) .........................................................................27 Re-Initialise statistics tracking database (rrdtool) ....................................................................27 Online Update & Security Patches............................................................................................27 Using a recovery ISO image.....................................................................................................27 Reports......................................................................................................................................28 Graphical stats over time...........................................................................................................29 Advanced Topics............................................................................................................................30 Configuring the web interface port binding as 9080&9443.....................................................30 Firewall Marks ..........................................................................................................................31 FTP............................................................................................................................................31 Terminal Server RDP................................................................................................................32 Persistence > 15 minutes?.........................................................................................................32 Server maintenance when using persistence.............................................................................32 Persistence State Table Replication...........................................................................................33 Load balancing based on URL match.......................................................................................34 NIC Bonding and High-Availability.........................................................................................35 Example 1: Bonding for bandwidth......................................................................................35 Example 2: Bonding for High-Availability (recommended)................................................35 Example 3: Bonding for High-Availability & Bandwidth....................................................35 8021q VLAN support................................................................................................................36 Fail over when network fails......................................................................................................37 Heartbeat over network as well as fail-over cable.....................................................................37 Feedback Agents.......................................................................................................................38 Installing the Windows agent....................................................................................................38 Installing the Linux/Unix agent.................................................................................................39 Custom HTTP agent..................................................................................................................39 Changing the local Date,Time,Time zone & Keyboard settings...............................................40 SNMP installation & configuration...........................................................................................41 Round Up.......................................................................................................................................42 Introduction The Loadbalancer.org appliance is a standard