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Adel_Farhan_194's avatar
Adel_Farhan_194
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Oct 23, 2016

Configure load balance for a pool of ICAP servers

Hi,

 

There is one request on our environment regarding ICAP servers. The request is conflagration virtual server to load balance requests and/or responses to a pool of ICAP servers which used as Web content filtering.

 

I am particularly interested in knowing the steps for configure the mentioned request

 

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3 Replies

  • Adel_Farhan_194's avatar
    Adel_Farhan_194
    Icon for Nimbostratus rankNimbostratus
    Oct 23, 2016

    Hi,

     

    Just i would like to clarify regarding traffic flow, it will be as a below :

     

    Request:

     

    Client HTTP request >> Foreword Proxy (another vendor) send ICAP request >> F5 load balancing >> ICAP servers (Web content filtering)

     

    Responses :

     

    ICAP server >> F5 >> Proxy >> Web Servers

     

    Beast Regards.

     

  • IainThomson85_1's avatar
    IainThomson85_1
    Icon for Cumulonimbus rankCumulonimbus
    Oct 24, 2016

    It shouldn't be too difficult, Setup a FastL4 of similar server with a Pool attached with the Content servers behind.

     

    On your Proxy send traffic to the VIP on the F5.

     

  • Kevin_Stewart's avatar
    Kevin_Stewart
    Icon for Employee rankEmployee
    Oct 24, 2016

    There shouldn't be anything unusual about this. You'd simply create a virtual server and pool that load balances the port 1344/8080/something traffic to the ICAP server.