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Mastering pfSense

You're reading from   Mastering pfSense Manage, secure, and monitor your on-premise and cloud network with pfSense 2.4

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788993173
Length 450 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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David Zientara David Zientara
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Revisiting pfSense Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. Advanced pfSense Configuration 3. VLANs 4. Using pfSense as a Firewall 5. Network Address Translation 6. Traffic Shaping 7. Virtual Private Networks 8. Redundancy and High Availability 9. Multiple WANs 10. Routing and Bridging 11. Extending pfSense with Packages 12. Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 13. Assessments 14. Another Book You May Enjoy

Server load balancing

Configuring server load balancing in pfSense involves two steps. First, you must create one or more virtual-server pools. Second, you must create one or more virtual server (the server to which clients will actually connect).

To begin server load balancing configuration, navigate to Services | Load Balancer. There are four tabs available: Pools, Virtual Servers, Monitors, and Settings. Configuration begins on the Pools tab; on this tab, click on the Add button to add a server pool.

On the pool configuration page, enter an appropriate name in the Name edit box. The next field is the Mode drop-down box; the choices are as follows:

  • Load Balancing: This will balance the load across all servers in the pool
  • Failover: The first server in the pool is used unless it fails; then it fails over to other servers in the pool

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