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Manual Chapter : Creating a Basic Web Site and E-commerce Configuration

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Manual Chapter

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.

Illustration of basic web site and eCommerce configuration

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.
Basic web site and eCommerce configuration
basic web site and eCommerce configuration

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.

Create a pool to process HTTP traffic

You can create a pool of web servers to process HTTP requests.
  1. On the Main tab, click
    Local Traffic
    Pools
    .
    The Pool List screen opens.
  2. Click
    Create
    .
    The New Pool screen opens.
  3. In the
    Name
     field, type a unique name for the pool.
  4. For the
    Health Monitors
     setting, from the
    Available
     list, select the
    http
     monitor and move the monitor to the
    Active
     list.
  5. From the
    Load Balancing Method
     list, select how the system distributes traffic to members of this pool.
    The default is
    Round Robin
    .
  6. For the
    Priority Group Activation
     setting, specify how to handle priority groups:
    • Select
      Disabled
       to disable priority groups. This is the default option.
    • Select
      Less than
      , and in the
      Available Members
       field type the minimum number of members that must remain available in each priority group in order for traffic to remain confined to that group.
  7. Using the
    New Members
     setting, add each resource that you want to include in the pool:
    1. Type an IP address in the
      Address
       field.
    2. Type
      80
       in the
      Service Port
       field, or select
      HTTP
       from the list.
    3. (Optional) Type a priority number in the
      Priority
       field.
    4. Click
      Add
      .
  8. Click
    Finished
    .

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.
  1. On the Main tab, click
    Local Traffic
    Pools
    .
    The Pool List screen opens.
  2. Click
    Create
    .
    The New Pool screen opens.
  3. In the
    Name
     field, type a unique name for the pool.
  4. For the
    Health Monitors
     setting, assign
    https
     or
    https_443
     by moving it from the
    Available
     list to the
    Active
     list.
  5. From the
    Load Balancing Method
     list, select how the system distributes traffic to members of this pool.
    The default is
    Round Robin
    .
  6. For the
    Priority Group Activation
     setting, specify how to handle priority groups:
    • Select
      Disabled
       to disable priority groups. This is the default option.
    • Select
      Less than
      , and in the
      Available Members
       field type the minimum number of members that must remain available in each priority group in order for traffic to remain confined to that group.
  7. Use the
    New Members
     setting to add each resource that you want to include in the pool:
    1. In the
      Address
       field, type an IP address.
    2. In the
      Service Port
       field type
      443
       , or select
      HTTPS
       from the list.
    3. (Optional) Type a priority number in the
      Priority
       field.
    4. Click
      Add
      .
  8. Click
    Finished
    .
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.
  1. On the Main tab, click
    Local Traffic
    Virtual Servers
    .
    The Virtual Server List screen opens.
  2. Click
    Create
    .
    The New Virtual Server screen opens.
  3. In the
    Name
     field, type a unique name for the virtual server.
  4. For the
    Destination Address/Mask
     setting, confirm that the
    Host
     button 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 is
    10.0.0.1
     or
    10.0.0.0/24
    , and an IPv6 address/prefix is
    ffe1::0020/64
     or
    2001: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
    /32
     prefix.
    The IP address you type must be available and not in the loopback network.
  5. In the
    Service Port
     field, type
    80
    , or select
    HTTP
     from the list.
  6. From the
    HTTP Profile
     list, select
    http
    .
  7. From the
    HTTP Compression Profile
     list, select one of the following profiles:
    • httpcompression
    • wan-optimized-compression
    • A customized profile
  8. From the
    Web Acceleration Profile
     list, select one of the following profiles:
    • optimized-acceleration
    • optimized-caching
    • webacceleration
    • A customized profile
  9. In the Resources area of the screen, from the
    Default Pool
     list, select the relevant pool name.
  10. Click
    Finished
    .
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.
  1. On the Main tab, click
    Local Traffic
    Virtual Servers
    .
    The Virtual Server List screen opens.
  2. Click
    Create
    .
    The New Virtual Server screen opens.
  3. In the
    Name
     field, type a unique name for the virtual server.
  4. For the
    Destination Address/Mask
     setting, confirm that the
    Host
     button 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 is
    10.0.0.1
     or
    10.0.0.0/24
    , and an IPv6 address/prefix is
    ffe1::0020/64
     or
    2001: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
    /32
     prefix.
    The IP address you type must be available and not in the loopback network.
  5. Type
    443
     in the
    Service Port
     field, or select
    HTTPS
     in the list.
  6. Select
    http
     in the
    HTTP Profile
     list.
  7. From the
    HTTP Compression Profile
     list, select one of the following profiles:
    • httpcompression
    • wan-optimized-compression
    • A customized profile
  8. From the
    Web Acceleration Profile
     list, select one of the following profiles:
    • optimized-acceleration
    • optimized-caching
    • webacceleration
    • A customized profile
  9. For the
    SSL Profile (Client)
     setting, from the
    Available
     list, select
    clientssl
    , and using the Move button, move the name to the
    Selected
     list.
  10. Click
    Finished
    .
The HTTPS virtual server appears in the Virtual Server List screen.
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