NimbostratusHello,
I would like to have a load balancer VS that will redirect the client to the web server members of the pool.
For example if I ping VS 10.195.10.10 it should return the hostname of the web server that has been selected in the balancing decision and not the one from the VS.
It is possible to achieve something like this?
Thank you for your help
EmployeeHI VaUk89,
"ping VS 10.195.10.10 it should return the hostname of the web server that has been selected in the balancing decision and not the one from the VS"
If you want the F5 to pass ICMP traffic you will need a Performance (L4) virtual server similar to the following, https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K7366
Best,
Andrew
NimbostratusHello Andrew,
Thank you for your answer. I've tried to create the l4 vs pointing to my pool, once the configuration is completed, it's still not pinging nor doing any balancing decision, see the configuration attached.
Do you have any other suggestion for me?
I've followed https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K7366 as you suggest, part 1.
Thank you for your help,
CumulonimbusHi,
I think there is confusion.
indeed the VS L4 can transmit ICMP packets but will not return the PTR of the IP backend but that of the IP of the VS.
keep in mind the following points:
- the ping will be well transmitted to the backend but the hostname returned is still that of the VS (we are on the ICMP protocol)
on the other hand, the backend can return you its hostname in the HTTP header. the problem that you are likely to have is that once the hostname of backend returned, you will reach the server without going through F5 ...
hope it's clear.
what is your need? we could help you
regards
Nimbostratus