Configuration of Routing Characteristics
The following table specifies characteristics that are required for each load balancer in the reference configuration to properly route requests. For example, the bottom row of the table below describes how each load balancer needs to be configured to maintain session persistence (stickiness).
Table 3–4 Specification for Load Balancer Routing|
Parameter |
Directory Service |
Access Manager Service |
Portal Service |
Gateway Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Virtual Service Name |
ds.pstest.com |
am.pstest.com |
ps.pstest.com |
sra.pstest.com |
|
Protocol |
LDAP |
HTTP |
HTTP |
HTTPS or HTTP, depending on whether SSL is terminated or not |
|
Port |
389 |
80 |
80 |
443 |
|
Virtual Service Type |
Layer-4 (TCP) |
Layer-7 (HTTP) |
Layer-7 (HTTP) |
Layer-7 (HTTP) or SSL, depending on whether SSL is terminated |
|
Scheduling |
Least Connections or Round Robin |
Least Connections or Round Robin |
Least Connections or Round Robin |
Least Connections or Round Robin |
|
Session Persistence (Stickiness) |
Long Persistent TCP Connections |
Based on server-side cookie amlbcookie |
Load balancer-managed cookie |
SSL Session ID or Load balancer-managed cookie |
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