Create a server pool

Last update: November 19 2024

Create a server pool

1. From control panel open the Cloud Director panel: VMware-based cloud → Cloud Director.
2. Open the virtual data center page.
3. Go to the section Networking → Edges.
4. Open the page of the desired Edge.
5. Click SERVICES.
6. Open the tab Load Balancer → Pools.
7. Click +.
8. Enter the name of the pool.
9. In the field Algorithm select balancing algorithm.
10. In the field Monitor select the monitoring type for the health check backend.
11. In order for the back-end servers to see the original source IP of the clients and for Edge to act as the default gateway, enable the toggle switch Transparent. If the toggle switch is off, traffic for internal servers comes from the source IP of the balancer.
12. In the block Members click +.
13. Enter the name of the server.
14. In the field IP Address enter the IP address of the server.
15. In the field Port enter the port on which the server will receive traffic.
16. In the field Monitor Port enter the port for health check (Monitor healthcheck).
17. In the field Weight enter a weight — it can be used to adjust the proportional amount of traffic received for a particular pool member.
18. Optional: in the field Max Connections enter the maximum number of connections to the server.
19. Optional: in the field Min Connections enter the minimum number of connections that the server must process before traffic is forwarded to the next pool member.
20. Click Keep.