Enabling Load Balancer as a Service for VMware Cloud Director tenants has by no means been simpler, due to its integration with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer.
Only a number of easy actions are required so Cloud Providers can begin providing their tenants the choice to activate and preserve load balancing even by themselves solely inside the VMware Cloud Director UI.
A compulsory prerequisite is to have a VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller cluster already deployed and configured, at the least one NSX cloud to be created within the Controller, and at the least one Service Engine Group to be outlined.
After having all these in place, the remainder of the method is sort of simple and consists of some easy steps:
- Integration setup – register a VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller in VMware Cloud Director, add the present NSX clouds, and import the out there Service Engine Groups.
- Enable LBaaS for a tenant – activate the service on a tenant Edge Gateway, select which characteristic set to make use of (extra about characteristic units on this weblog), and choose which Service Engine Group(s) to run the digital providers.
- Create a Virtual Service – add members to a server pool, configure their port, well being monitor, and cargo balancer algorithm settings. Then create the digital service with its wished Virtual IP, kind, port, and extra.
As the primary two (#1 and #2) have to be carried out by the Cloud Provider (system administrator), #3 could be carried out by a tenant person with adequate privileges (comparable to Organization administrator).
This video will information you thru the entire process, explaining every step intimately.
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