Configuring server load balancing

In this recipe, we will demonstrate how to set up a server load balancing pool for a group of web servers. It is possible to set up such a load balancing pool with third party plugins, but this recipe will demonstrate how to set up load balancing using pfSense's built-in load balancing capabilities.

The web servers in our configuration have IP addresses of 192.168.2.11, 192.168.2.12, and 192.168.2.13.

Getting ready

To effectively use this recipe, you should have a resource on your network, such as an FTP or a web server that has multiple redundant internal servers, and which you want to use in either a load balancing or failover configuration.

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