Load balancing syslog to a pool of syslog receivers

[Brian_Gibson_30]

I am trying to come up with a way to load balance a large amount of syslog messages that are coming from a single node.

I created a stateless VIP. I created a UDP profile with LB datagram and an immediate timeout setting. I have a pool of 2 servers that I want to split between the two nodes evenly on a per packet basis.

Yet all traffic goes to one node.

Am I missing something?

[Lee_Sutcliffe]

Have you created a UDP profile with "Datagram LB" enabled?

[cpt_ri_F5]

Hello,

For me, UDP profile with "Datagram LB" enabled, split between the two nodes evenly, but I do not receive the same quantity of logs!

You encounter this problem?

Thanks!

[buulam]

Hi @cpt_ri_F5 what ratio of load balancing are you getting?

[cpt_ri_F5]

Hello, ratio 50% 50%, but 80% of lost logs!

[boneyard]

For reference, discussion pretty much continues here:

https://community.f5.com/t5/technical-forum/udp-datagram-lb/m-p/309048

[buulam]

@boneyard ah thanks for linking!