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Version: v8

Servers

servers

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How to Use:​

  1. Go to Stack > SLB > Listeners > Server groups.
  2. Select the Group name.
  3. Select the Add Server option.
  4. Configure your settings.
  5. Click Save Changes.

Description:​

Server ID​

Server ID is used to identify the upstream servers. It will be always unique for every original/upstream server among multiple listeners.

Server​

This option allows users to add the server domain name/IPv4/IPv6 address of the server.

    Accepted values: String

    Default: Blank
Port​

This option allows users to set the port number that is being used for the server.

    Accepted values: Integer

    Max: 65535

    Min: 0

    Default: 80
DNS Record Type​

DNS record type decides whether a server is reached via an IPv4 address (A record), an IPv6 address (AAAA record).

  • A Record: Prefers IPv4; falls back to IPv6 if unavailable.
  • AAAA Record: Prefers IPv6; falls back to IPv4 if unavailable.
    Accepted values: A Record / AAAA Record

    Default: A Record
Weight​

This option allows users to set the weight value for the server. Server with a higher weight value will get more requests than servers with less weight value.

    Accepted values: Integer

    Max: 100

    Min:  1

    Default: 1
Back up​

This option allows users to enable or disable the backup server. If the user enables this option, that server will act as a backup server and after the set threshold limit this backup server will start. If the user disabled this option, that server will act as a normal server in the server group.

    Accepted values: True / False

    Default: False
Mode​

This option allows users to configure the server ready or down setting.

    Accepted values: Ready / Down / Gracefully Down

    Default: Ready
  1. Ready - If the user has set the Ready value in this option then server will take part actively in handling the client requests.
  2. Down - If the user has set the Down value in this option then server will not take part actively in handling the client requests.
  3. Gracefully Down - Gracefully Down option will ensure no active connection will be break during the server down activity, server will be handling the old connection until con-current connection count reach to 0. Once con-current connection will be 0 then server will be marked as down at SLB level. Hence, with the help this option, user can gracefully down any server.
Forwarded HTTP Version​

This option allows user to select HTTP version while forwarding request to the backend server.

    Accepted values: ANY / HTTP 1.1 / HTTP 2.0

    Default: Blank
Slow Start​

This option allows users to select the graceful start time for newly added servers.

    Accepted values: Integer

    Default: 0
Max Connection​

The user can define how many maximum connections can be made on this particular server.

    Accepted values: Integer

    Default: 0