Connect to MFT Embedded Servers Using the Load Balancer

To allow sFTP traffic from the public internet to MFT embedded sFTP servers using the load balancer IP address, open the required listener port for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure load balancer using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.

To connect to MFT embedded servers through the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure load balancer:

1. Sign in to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.
2. Open the navigation menu, click Networking, and then click Load Balancers.
3. Click the name of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure load balancer to open the Load Balancer Details page.
4. Create backend sets:
   1. In the left pane, click Backend Sets, then click Create Backend Set.
   2. In the Create Backend Set dialog, enter the following information:
      • Name: Enter a name for the backend set.
      • Protocol: TCP
      • Port: 7522
   3. Click Create Backend Set.
5. Create backends:
   1. In the left pane of the Load Balancer Details page, click Backend Sets, then click name of the backend set you just created.
   2. In the left pane of the Backend Set Details screen, click Backends, then click Add Backends.
   3. In the Add Backends dialog, click Change Compartment to select the compartment for your Oracle SOA Suite on Marketplace instance if not already displayed, then select the check box next to the instance name, and enter a Port value of 7522.

      Repeat this step for all nodes in the cluster.

   4. Click Add.
6. Create listeners:
   1. In the left pane of the Load Balancer Details page, click Listeners, then click Create Listener.
   2. In the Create Listener dialog, enter the following information.
      • Protocol: TCP
      • Port: 7522
      • Backend set: Select the backend set you created.

      
      

      

      
      
   3. Click Create Listener.
7. Enter the following command to verify that you can connect to MFT embedded servers through the load balancer:

   sftp -oPort=7522 weblogic@loadbalancerIP