L7 Server
This is the actual server. All servers contained within the same farm deliver the same service.
Server attributes and options define the way and conditions by which to forward requests to the actual server, as well as its capacity to process requests comparatively to other servers of the same farm.
Servers are identified by a name and the name of the farm that it belongs to. Allowed characters are alpha-numerics, dot, dash, and underscore.
address
Definition: Server IP address
Type: IP
port
Definition: Port to forward requests to this server
Type: port
Default value: Incoming connection destination port is reused
Particular value: 0 means destination port of incoming connection is reused
max-connections
Definition: Specifies the maximum number of concurrent connections to send to this server. If the number of incoming concurrent requests goes higher than this value, the requests go into a queue to wait for a connection to be free.
Type: integer
Default value: unlimited
weight
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Definition: Used to adjust the server's weight relative to other servers in the farm. All servers receive a load proportional to their weight relative to the sum of all weights; hence the higher the weight, the higher the load.
The default weight is 1, and the maximum value is 256.
If you use this parameter to distribute the load according to a server's capacity, we recommend that you start with values that can both grow and shrink (e.g. between 10 and 100) to allow enough room for adjustments.
Type: integer
Default value: 1
Particular value: 0 means that the server does not participate in load-balancing, but still accepts persistent connections.
sorry
Definition: A backup server that only gets traffic when all other normal servers in the farm are either down or overloaded (health checks).
Type: enum
Default value: Server is not a backup server
Value | Description |
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enabled | The current server is a backup server. |
check
Definition: Run health checks on the current server to determine its ability to receive traffic.
Type: enum
Default value: The server is not checked
Value | Description |
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enabled | The current server is checked. |
maintenance
Definition: Server disabled for maintenance purpose.
Type: enum
Default value: Server is not disabled
Value | Description |
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enabled | The current server is disabled. |
SSL
Definition: Force SSL/TLS protocol when exchanging data with the server.
Type: enum
Default value: Traffic is not ciphered
Value | Description |
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enabled | Traffic is ciphered. |
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