Johan_44545
Jan 29, 2010Nimbostratus
Preserving URLs?
We want to use F5 load balancer and not use Web Dispatcher for load balancing.
This is what happens:
(friendly = BIGIP VIP)
User (use a friendly URL http://friendly.comp.com )
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External F5 Load Balancer
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A/SCS App1 App2 App3
The application servers are installed using virtual host names and they answer to http://app1:port/index.html http://app2:port/index.html ...
Now finally for the problem: (This obviously works very well using WebDispatcher but we do not have that component now)
When the user type in their browser:
http://friendly/index.html
They get the nice and friendly SAP index screen that we all know and love.
On the index page you have all the different links for example nwa, useradmin, webdynpro etc.
When using F5 these links does not resolve to the correct name.
They resolve to http://app1:port/useradmin or whatever. This obviously does not work for the user because the user can only use http://friendly/nwa or whatever...
Now the million dollar question:
What is the most expedient way to configure F5 and/or SAP so that it displays the "friendly" URL to the user?
Please advise!