Chapter 8. Virtual Servers

A major new feature in the 2.x branch of FreeRADIUS was the introduction of virtual servers. This concept is not new and was already used by web servers when the 2.x branch came into being. FreeRADIUS, however, was the first to introduce virtual servers to RADIUS. This chapter gives more insight into the world of virtual servers in RADIUS.

In this chapter we shall:

• See why you would use virtual servers
• See how virtual servers are defined and enabled
• Explore the listen and client sections
• Discover pre-defined virtual servers

So let's get on with it...