Manual Chapter :
Creating a Basic Web Site and E-commerce Configuration
Applies To:
Show VersionsBIG-IP AAM
- 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0
BIG-IP APM
- 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0
BIG-IP Analytics
- 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0
BIG-IP Link Controller
- 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0
BIG-IP LTM
- 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0
BIG-IP PEM
- 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0
BIG-IP AFM
- 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0
BIG-IP DNS
- 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0
BIG-IP ASM
- 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0
Creating a Basic Web Site and E-commerce Configuration
Overview: Basic web site and eCommerce configuration
The most common use for the BIG-IP® system is distributing traffic across
an array of web servers that host standard web traffic, including eCommerce traffic. The
following illustration shows a configuration where a BIG-IP system load balances two sites:
www.siterequest.com
and store.siterequest.com
. The
www.siterequest.com
site provides standard web content, and the
store.siterequest.com
site is the e-commerce site that sells items to
www.siterequest.com
customers. Illustration of basic web site and eCommerce configuration
Task summary for
basic site and ecommerce load balancing config
You can implement a basic configuration for load balancing application
traffic to a web site, as well as load balancing secure traffic to an eCommerce site.
Before you use this implementation:
- Verify that you have created two VLANs on the BIG-IP® system. One VLAN should reside on the external network and another on the internal network.
- Verify that you have created a self IP address for each VLAN.
Creating a pool to process HTTP traffic
You can create a pool of web servers to process HTTP requests.
- On the Main tab, click.The Pool List screen opens.
- ClickCreate.The New Pool screen opens.
- In theNamefield, type a unique name for the pool.
- For theHealth Monitorssetting, from theAvailablelist, select thehttpmonitor and move the monitor to theActivelist.
- From theLoad Balancing Methodlist, select how the system distributes traffic to members of this pool.The default isRound Robin.
- For thePriority Group Activationsetting, specify how to handle priority groups:
- SelectDisabledto disable priority groups. This is the default option.
- SelectLess than, and in theAvailable Membersfield type the minimum number of members that must remain available in each priority group in order for traffic to remain confined to that group.
- Using theNew Memberssetting, add each resource that you want to include in the pool:
- Type an IP address in theAddressfield.
- Type80in theService Portfield, or selectHTTPfrom the list.
- (Optional) Type a priority number in thePriorityfield.
- ClickAdd.
- ClickFinished.
The new pool appears in the Pools list.
Creating a pool to manage HTTPS traffic
You can create a pool (a logical set of devices, such as web servers, that you
group together to receive and process HTTPS traffic) to efficiently distribute the load
on your server resources.
- On the Main tab, click.The Pool List screen opens.
- ClickCreate.The New Pool screen opens.
- In theNamefield, type a unique name for the pool.
- For theHealth Monitorssetting, assignhttpsorhttps_443by moving it from theAvailablelist to theActivelist.
- From theLoad Balancing Methodlist, select how the system distributes traffic to members of this pool.The default isRound Robin.
- For thePriority Group Activationsetting, specify how to handle priority groups:
- SelectDisabledto disable priority groups. This is the default option.
- SelectLess than, and in theAvailable Membersfield type the minimum number of members that must remain available in each priority group in order for traffic to remain confined to that group.
- Use theNew Memberssetting to add each resource that you want to include in the pool:
- In theAddressfield, type an IP address.
- In theService Portfield type443, or selectHTTPSfrom the list.
- (Optional) Type a priority number in thePriorityfield.
- ClickAdd.
- ClickFinished.
The HTTPS load balancing pool appears
in the Pool List screen.
Creating a virtual server to manage HTTP traffic
You can create a virtual server to manage HTTP traffic as either a host virtual
server or a network virtual server.
- On the Main tab, click.The Virtual Server List screen opens.
- ClickCreate.The New Virtual Server screen opens.
- In theNamefield, type a unique name for the virtual server.
- For theDestination Address/Masksetting, confirm that theHostbutton is selected, and type the IP address in CIDR format.The supported format is address/prefix, where the prefix length is in bits. For example, an IPv4 address/prefix is10.0.0.1or10.0.0.0/24, and an IPv6 address/prefix isffe1::0020/64or2001:ed8:77b5:2:10:10:100:42/64. When you use an IPv4 address without specifying a prefix, the BIG-IP system automatically uses a/32prefix.The IP address you type must be available and not in the loopback network.
- In theService Portfield, type80, or selectHTTPfrom the list.
- From theHTTP Profilelist, selecthttp.
- From theHTTP Compression Profilelist, select one of the following profiles:
- httpcompression
- wan-optimized-compression
- A customized profile
- From theWeb Acceleration Profilelist, select one of the following profiles:
- optimized-acceleration
- optimized-caching
- webacceleration
- A customized profile
- In the Resources area of the screen, from theDefault Poollist, select the relevant pool name.
- ClickFinished.
The HTTP virtual server appears in the list of existing virtual servers on the
Virtual Server List screen.
Creating a
virtual server to manage HTTPS traffic
You can specify a virtual server to be
either a host virtual server or a network virtual server to manage HTTPS
traffic.
- On the Main tab, click.The Virtual Server List screen opens.
- ClickCreate.The New Virtual Server screen opens.
- In theNamefield, type a unique name for the virtual server.
- For theDestination Address/Masksetting, confirm that theHostbutton is selected, and type the IP address in CIDR format.The supported format is address/prefix, where the prefix length is in bits. For example, an IPv4 address/prefix is10.0.0.1or10.0.0.0/24, and an IPv6 address/prefix isffe1::0020/64or2001:ed8:77b5:2:10:10:100:42/64. When you use an IPv4 address without specifying a prefix, the BIG-IP system automatically uses a/32prefix.The IP address you type must be available and not in the loopback network.
- Type443in theService Portfield, or selectHTTPSin the list.
- Selecthttpin theHTTP Profilelist.
- From theHTTP Compression Profilelist, select one of the following profiles:
- httpcompression
- wan-optimized-compression
- A customized profile
- From theWeb Acceleration Profilelist, select one of the following profiles:
- optimized-acceleration
- optimized-caching
- webacceleration
- A customized profile
- For theSSL Profile (Client)setting, from theAvailablelist, selectclientssl, and using the Move button, move the name to theSelectedlist.
- ClickFinished.
The HTTPS virtual server appears in the
Virtual Server List screen.