Load balancer configuration
Load balancing is a commonly used technique for distributing network traffic among servers. This helps optimize resource utilization, maximize throughput, reduce latency, and ensure fault-tolerant configuration.
DataSecurity Plus' Cloud Protection module allows users to balance the load on the configured gateway servers.
Steps to balance the load on gateway servers:
- Configure a gateway cluster in DataSecurity Plus. To do this, refer to steps listed in the gateway cluster configuration page.
- Add gateway servers to the configured gateway cluster. To do this, refer to the steps listed in the gateway server installation page.
- Next, define the gateway servers to which the traffic must be distributed.
- Finally, enable proxy settings and enter the IP address and port number of the load balancer in individual endpoints. This step is similar to configuring a gateway server in endpoints.
Note: We recommend grouping gateway servers from the same cluster on a single load balancer to optimize traffic distribution and resource utilization.
For example, to distribute traffic to multiple gateway servers, such as gateway1.com and gateway2.com, using NGINX load balancer, refer to the snippet below:
http {
upstream backend {
server gateway1.com;
server gateway2.com;
}
}
upstream backend {
server gateway1.com;
server gateway2.com;
}
}
For a detailed explanation of HTTP load balancing, refer to this guide.