VMware Cloud Director Cell Load Balancing Configuration

This is an overview of the configuration parameters that are necessary to balance traffic across VMware Cloud Director cells.

For detailed information on sizing guidelines and configuration instructions, see the documentation for your load balancing solution or contact your load balancer vendor.

Note: You can use load balancing for VMware Cloud Director application cells, but only for HTTPS traffic distribution.

Component	Configuration Setting
Health Monitor	Type: HTTPS Send Interval: 30 seconds Receive Timeout: 10 seconds For client request data, use one of the following methods. GET /cloud/server_status HTTP/1.0 Response = "Service is up." or HEAD /cloud/server_status HTTP/1.0 Response Code: 2xx Failed and successful checks: 3
Server pool	Port: 443 Load Balancing Algorithm: Least Connections Enable use of SSL to backend servers. For information on the SSL ciphers you can use, see Managing the List of Allowed SSL Ciphers.
Application profile	Type: HTTPS HTTP Request Header: X-Forward-For Idle Timeout: 15 Seconds Response Timeout: 60 Seconds Request Header Size: 65535 ResponseHeader Size: 50000
Virtual service	Type: Layer 7 SSL Termination is Recommended Ports: 80, 443 Enable SSL Valid SSL certificate

What to do next

Update the default endpoint web addresses for the VMware Cloud Director. See Customize Public Addresses for the VMware Cloud Director Appliance.