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Jason_Peery_467
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Apr 30, 2012

Guidelines for pointing to one web server with many Virtual Sites

Hi all, am looking for advice, suggestions, or reference to best practice for fronting a single web server, with many virtual sites with a BigIP LTM. Do I just set up a virtual server for each site a...
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John_Matlock_42
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May 01, 2012
Honestly, I don't think there's a need to overcomplicate the architecture unless there are requirements I'm missing. A config like the following should work, and I've seen this done with sharepoint farms:

 

 

1. Single VIP on the F5

 

2. A single pool with your apache server(s)

 

3. If SSL is required, you'll want a wildcard cert for *.grantham.edu. If you're licensed for it you might consider offloading the SSL at the F5.

 

 

No iRule is required for this configuration, it's pretty basic.

 

 

Hope that helps,

 

John