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--- litespeed_wiki:proxy:lsws-as-a-load-balancer [2018/05/31 17:35]
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+++ litespeed_wiki:proxy:lsws-as-a-load-balancer [2018/06/13 22:30] (current)
qtwrk [This Server Solution vs. LiteSpeed Web ADC]
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-======How to set up the server as load balancer======
+======How to Set up LSWS as a Load Balancer======
-This example use 3 servers:
+This example uses 3 servers:
   back1.litespeedtech.com with IP *.*.*.151
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-back1 and back2 will act as 2 back-end nodes, and load will act as load balancer.
+''back1'' and ''back2'' will act as 2 back-end nodes, and ''load'' will act as load balancer.
-=====Verify 3 Servers Are Working=====
+=====Verify the 3 Servers are Working=====
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-servers are deliberately set to display different content to distinguish them from each other.
+The 3 servers are deliberately set to display different content to distinguish them from each other.
-=====Create New External App=====
+=====Create a New External App=====
-Create a new external app in load balancer server, this is can be done either at server level or vhost level.
+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
+Choose **Type** ''Web Server''.
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-Set name to back1 , this name will be used in later step, and set IP to backend 1.
+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 previous step to create 2rd external app with name back2 and its corresponding IP address.
+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 back1 and back2 (these names are created in previous step)
+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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-Finally, there should be 3 external apps as following:
+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 full-site proxy.
+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 back-end nodes' listener.
+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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-Repeat this step on back2
 Graceful restart all 3 LSWS instances.
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 =====Verify The Load Balancer=====
-Access it to verify if everything is working as expect.
+Access it to verify everything is working as expected.
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-Load Balancer will use uncontrollable Round Robin algorithm, rotating between back-end nodes on every access.
+===== This Server Solution vs. LiteSpeed Web ADC =====
-If you need an advanced load balancer solution , please check out our [[https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-adc|LiteSpeed ADC]]
+Please refer to this [[https://www.litespeedtech.com/support/wiki/doku.php/litespeed_wiki:lslb:lsws_load_vs_adc|article]]