Create and configure a new load balancing strategy in PingAccess.
- Click Settings and then go to .
- Click + Add Load Balancing Strategy.
- Enter a unique descriptive name for the strategy.
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In the Type field, select one of the following
types:
Header-Based
Round Robin
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Configure the options for the selected load balancing strategy type.
- For a
Header-Based
Load Balancing Strategy:- In the Header Name field, enter the name of the header that contains the selected target host.
- To tell 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.Note:
If this option is not enabled and the specified target is not available or the request header is not present, the client will receive a
Service Unavailable
response.
- For a
Round Robin
load balancing strategy:- If browser sessions should not be pinned to a persistent backend
target, clear the Sticky Session Enabled
option.
This option is enabled by default.
- If you enable the Sticky Session Enabled
option, 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.
Note: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.
- If browser sessions should not be pinned to a persistent backend
target, clear the Sticky Session Enabled
option.
- For a
- Click Save.