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Randy_Johnson_L's avatar
Randy_Johnson_L
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Jul 13, 2017

F5 as 'reverse proxy' ?

We have a case where we have a number of 'internal' webservers in a pool, assigned to a Virtual Server. Inbound requests / responses work fine for this setup.   Now, we need these webservers to be...
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Jeff_Maddox_394
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Aug 04, 2017

If the requirement is simply the ability for back end servers to make outbound requests, then a forwarding virtual server would be the solution. The servers could also point to a VS address on the F5 and the external servers could be pool members.