======How to Set up LSWS as a Load Balancer======

This example uses 3 servers:

  back1.litespeedtech.com with IP *.*.*.151
  back2.litespeedtech.com with IP *.*.*.152
  load.litespeedtech.com  with IP *.*.*.153


''back1'' and ''back2'' will act as 2 back-end nodes, and ''load'' will act as load balancer.


=====Verify the 3 Servers are Working=====
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The 3 servers are deliberately set to display different content to distinguish them from each other.

=====Create a New External App=====

Create a new external app in the load balancer server. This is can be done either at server level or the vhost level.

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Choose **Type** ''Web Server''.

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Set **Name** to ''back1''. This name will be used in a later step. Set **Address** to the IP of the first backend server.

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Since this example has 2 back-end nodes, repeat the previous step to create a 2nd external app with name ''back2'' and its corresponding IP address.

Now create another external app, with **Type** ''Load Balancer'', and set **Workers** to ''proxy::back1,proxy::back2'' (these names were created in the previous steps).

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There should be 3 external apps as follows:

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Now create a new context with **Type** ''Load Balancer'', and in this example, set **URI** to ''/'' for a full-site proxy.

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Since 3 servers are using 3 different domains, now add ''load.litespeedtech.com'' domain to each of the back-end nodes' listeners.

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Graceful restart all 3 LSWS instances.

=====Verify The Load Balancer=====

Access it to verify everything is working as expected.

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===== This Server Solution vs. LiteSpeed Web ADC =====

Please refer to this [[https://www.litespeedtech.com/support/wiki/doku.php/litespeed_wiki:lslb:lsws_load_vs_adc|article]]