PingAccess

Configuring load balancing strategies

About this task

To create and configure a new load balancing strategy in PingAccess:

Steps

  1. Click Settings and then go to Networking → Load Balancing Strategies.

  2. Click Add Load Balancing Strategy.

  3. In the Name field, enter a unique descriptive name for the strategy.

  4. In the Type list, select one of the following strategy types:

    Choose from:

    • Header-Based

    • Round Robin

  5. Configure the options for the selected load balancing strategy type.

    Choose from:

    • For a Header-Based load balancing strategy:

      1. In the Header Name field, enter the name of the header that contains the selected target host.

      2. To configure PingAccess to use the first available target defined for the site, click Show Advanced and select the Fall Back to First Available Host option if the target specified in the header is not available or if the header is not present in the request.

        If this option isn’t enabled, and the specified target isn’t available or the request header isn’t present, the client receives a Service Unavailable response.

    • For a Round Robin load balancing strategy:

      1. If browser sessions shouldn’t be pinned to a persistent backend target, clear the Sticky Session Enabled check box.

        This check box is selected by default.

      2. If Sticky Session Enabled is selected, enter a cookie name to use in the Cookie Name field.

        The PingAccess engine uses this cookie to track the persistent backend targets for a session.

        When you define a web session, the Cookie Name field defines a cookie prefix to use. The rest of the cookie name comes from the Audience field in the web session.

  6. Click Save.