CLI configuration
Use the following procedure to configure this load balancing setup from the CLI.
To configure HTTP load balancing
- Use the following command to add an HTTP health check monitor that sends get requests to http://<real_server_ IP_address>/index.html and searches the returned web page for the phrase “Fortinet products”.
config firewall ldb-monitor edit HTTP_health_chk_1 set type http set port 80 set http-get /index.html set http-match “Fortinet products” set interval 10
CLI
set timeout 2
set retry 3 end
- Use the following command to add an HTTP virtual server that allows users on the Internet to connect to the real servers on the internal network. In this example, the FortiGate wan1 interface is connected to the Internet.
config firewall vip edit Load-Bal_VS1 set type server-load-balance set server-type http set ldb-method first-alive set http-multiplex enable set http-ip-header enable set extip 192.168.37.4 set extintf wan1 set extport 80 set persistence http-cookie set monitor HTTP_health_chk_1 config realservers edit 1 set ip 10.10.10.42
set port 80 next edit 2 set ip 10.10.10.43
set port 80 next edit 3 set ip 10.10.10.44
set port 80
end
end
- Use the following command to add a security policy that includes the load balance virtual server as the destination address.
config firewall policy edit 0 set name <policy-name> set srcintf wan1 set srcaddr all set dstintf dmz1 set dstaddr Load-Bal_VS1 set action accept set schedule always set service ALL set nat enable
end
Configure other security policy settings as required.
Basic IP load balancing configuration
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