This section explains how NSX Advanced Load Balancer can be configured for load balancing in VMware Horizon deployments. It discusses the legacy way of configuring NSX Advanced Load Balancer.

NSX Advanced Load Balancer can be deployed in front of Unified Access Gateways (UAG) and/or in front of the connection servers as required.



Prerequisites

To configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer for VMware Horizon deployments, ensure the following prerequisites are met:

  • The Horizon environment is up and running.

  • The NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller is deployed. For more information, see Installing NSX Advanced Load Balancer in VMware vSphere Environments topic in the VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Installation Guide.

  • The vCenter cloud on the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller is created.

Note:

The sample topology illustrates UAG deployment in a DMZ network. However, NSX Advanced Load Balancer supports deployment in both DMZ and non-DMZ networks.

NSX Advanced Load Balancer for UAG Load Balancing

There are three ways to deploy NSX Advanced Load Balancer for UAG load balancing:

  1. Single VIP with Two Virtual Services

  2. Single L4 Virtual Service

  3. (n+1) VIP

NSX Advanced Load Balancer for Connection Server Load Balancing

NSX Advanced Load Balancer can be used to load balance traffic to the connection servers as well. A single HTTPS virtual service can service both internal clients directly and external clients through UAG.

For more information, see Load Balancing Traffic to Connection Servers.

Configuring UAG Load Balancing

The following steps are one-time configurations for UAG load balancing:

  1. Create custom health monitor for UAG

  2. Create SSL profile and install SSL certificate (required for L7 VIP)