Configure the load balancer

We can use hardware-based or software-based load balancers.

If we do not want to use a hardware-based load balancer, we can use a simpler, software-based load balancer or reverse proxy such as the Apache Tomcat web server. Any load balancer that can support the following features is adequate:

• Sticky session (recommended configuration)

• Reverse proxy capabilities

• Optional: SSL Acceleration

Configuration of the load balancer depends on the vendor and is not covered in this document. It is common to define the range of the node addresses so they can be added or deleted dynamically.

Parent topic: High availability