Configure LBaaS V1 using Horizon

You can log on to the OpenStack Horizon portal to create a LBaaS pool and select a subnet. All the members of this pool are in the subnet. To configure:

  • Add a virtual IP (VIP) address and assign this VIP to the created pool.

  • You can also perform this action on the command line or through APIs.

  • External clients for your servers can connect to this VIP address hosted on the assigned NetScaler.

  • NetScaler distributes all requests to the pool members on the configured ports.

  • LBaaS pool members are the load-balanced servers that are added to the selected pool.

  • Assign a weight and a port to each of these members.

Health monitors are used to watch the health and good functioning of all members of the pool. You can create a health monitoring template in OpenStack by defining parameters such as delay, timeout, retry limits, method, URL path, and expected HTTP success codes. After creating a monitor, you have to associate the monitor with the pool that was previously created.

For more information on how to create a pools, and other LBaaS configuration tasks in OpenStack, see OpenStack Documentation.

Important

LBaaS V1 is not supported in the Liberty release of OpenStack. For more information, see OpenStack Release Notes.

Configure LBaaS V1 using Horizon

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