[pfSense-discussion] layer 4-7 load balancing
Is anyone using pfSense to perform load balancing (and failover) for two or more web servers in a redundant configuration? Bonus points for being able to also perform SSL offloading. Our application server uses HTTP cookies to maintain sessions, so it is important that the load balancer be able to maintain connection to a specific web server for the life of the cookie. Something like these things: http://www.ultramonkey.org/about.shtml http://www.coyotepoint.com/products/e250.php Is this within the scope of the pfSense project? Regards Ari Maniatis -- -- ish http://www.ish.com.au Level 1, 30 Wilson Street Newtown 2042 Australia phone +61 2 9550 5001 fax +61 2 9550 4001 GPG fingerprint CBFB 84B4 738D 4E87 5E5C 5EFA EF6A 7D2E 3E49 102A - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discussion-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: discussion-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense-discussion] layer 4-7 load balancing
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Aristedes Maniatisa...@ish.com.au wrote: Is anyone using pfSense to perform load balancing (and failover) for two or more web servers in a redundant configuration? Yes, lots, but in more generic setups. Bonus points for being able to also perform SSL offloading. Our application server uses HTTP cookies to maintain sessions, so it is important that the load balancer be able to maintain connection to a specific web server for the life of the cookie. The session stickiness is based on firewall states, which isn't going to guarantee that it's tied to that server for the life of the cookie. Current stable versions don't provide the kind of functionality you require for that. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discussion-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: discussion-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org