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Wasfi_182818
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Nov 08, 2016

Load balancing two explicit forward proxies

Hi;

 

Is there a document which elaborates on the best practice F5 configuration for load balancing two explicit forward proxy devices for http/https traffic.

 

Kindly Wasfi

 

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  • Hi Wasfi,

     

    there are unfortunately no helpful documents available.

     

    My best advice is to use a simple Layer4 Virtual Server with "Least Connection" balancing and SRC_IP persistence or using a CARP-based persistence/balancing based on the Source_IP address of the client to not split the connections of a single client through multiple proxy servers.

     

    Using CARP based on the requested ressource does unfortunately have serious limitations (as already mentioned in your other post)...

     

    https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/how-to-load-balance-two-forward-proxy-servers-that-are-not-transparent-49684

     

    Note: You could also implement a client side CARP-Algorythm using the old fashioned Super Proxy Script written by Sharp back in the 90th.

     

    http://archive.is/fd8PE

     

    Cheers, Kai