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openstack loadbalancer create --name <loadbalancer_name> --vip-subnet-id <subnet_id> |
The <subnet_id> can be found through the ADA Cloud Dashboard. On the main menu, select the Network → Netwroks tab. Then, click on your network and select the Subnets tab. Finally, click on the desired subnet. This information can also be gathered using the CLI.
Note: Wait until the creation is completed. It will take a while and the next steps will return an error if the load balancer is not available.
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openstack loadbalancer member create --subnet-id <subnet_id> --address <ip_vm_1> --protocol-port 80 <pool_name> openstack loadbalancer member create --subnet-id <subnet_id> --address <ip_vm_2> --protocol-port 80 <pool_name> |
You can find the IPs of the VMs in the Compute → Instances section of the lateral menu of ADA Cloud Dashboard. The IPs can also be gathered using the CLI.
5. Associate an available Floating IP to the load balancer.
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openstack floating ip set --port <port_id> <floating_ip> |
You can identify find the <port_id> if you navigate to the description of your load balancer on the Openstack Dashboard. ADA Cloud Dashboard. Select the Network → Load Balancers section on the left-hand menu of the dashboard. Then, click on your load balancer and go to the Overview tab. You can also use the CLI to identify the value of the <port_id>.
Finally, use this floating-You can use this IP to reach the nginx servers (see figure bellow). The traffic will be managed by the load balancer following the algorithm <algorithm_e.g.ROUND_ROBIN> (see Step 3).
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