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Wizardry from our load balancer experts
WAF
Extending the ModSecurity WAF, with Denial Of Service protection — using HAProxy
Our long time partner Metaswitch, desperately needed to stop brute force login attacks on the enterprise phone system, that they supply to large telecom companies...
How-tos
How to raise a support ticket like a pro: A guide for faster resolution
Imagine explaining the issue to a friend. Be specific. Instead of "The system isn't working," tell us what you're trying to do and what happens instead...
GSLB
Complete guide to DNS load balancing: Choosing the right method for your applications
DNS is a naming convention that translates human-readable web addresses into IP-addresses, and vice versa...
How-tos
A comprehensive guide to log monitoring with ModSecurity and HAProxy
With numerous options available, choosing and configuring the right tool can be daunting...
How-tos
A comprehensive guide to setting up and using Always On VPN (AOVPN)
Always On VPN (AOVPN) provides a seamless always-on connection that boosts security and the user experience...
How do you connect your Kemp LoadMaster to the ADC Portal?
Once the Portal has a correctly configured Shuttle, it is then able to securely communicate with your Kemp...
F5 / Citrix / Kemp
How to backup an F5 BIG-IP, without falling victim to some of the potential pitfalls
F5 BIG-IP is a great product, with great features. The flip side of this, however, is that its complexity means it can require specialist skills to successfully deploy and maintain...
Healthcare
How to secure high availability for smaller-scale medical imaging PACS deployments
In the world of medical imaging, where Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) solutions are vital for the storage and management of critical medical imaging data, high availability, even in smaller-scale environments, is imperative...
How-tos
The pitfalls of backing up and restoring a Citrix NetScaler, and how to overcome them
Citrix NetScaler is a great product, with great features. The flip side of this, however, is that its complexity means it can require specialist skills to successfully deploy and maintain...
How-tos
How to update a Citrix NetScaler, and problems to watch out for
Maintenance, features, or a CVE are all good reasons to upgrade your NetScaler appliance. However, as with any complex task undertaken for the first time, it can get a little confusing...
HAProxy
HAProxy reverse proxy: the what, when, and how
Perplexed by proxy?! Ruffled by reverse proxy?! We’ve all been there. Honestly, sometimes I think the language we use makes things sound way more complicated than they actually are...
How-tos
How to master SSL termination in HAProxy: considerations and configurations
SSL/TLS termination is the most regularly implemented kind of SSL/TLS offload...
How-tos
How to configure mTLS on a Loadbalancer.org appliance
If you're thinking about giving mTLS a go, why not try it for yourself by following the steps below...
How-tos
Three scenarios for implementing time-based security and content switching on your load balancer
It can sometimes be useful to make load balancing decisions based on the time and date. This allows you to conditionally refuse or redirect connections based on the time they're received...
How-tos
How to deploy a Load balancer appliance on Proxmox
Hypervisors such as Hyper-V and VMWare ESXi have the ability to import disk images within their graphical WebGUI. However, Proxmox unfortunately lacks this feature...
How-tos
How to add loopback interfaces on Windows with PowerShell
One of the most frequent issues I encounter when customers are setting up a loopback adapter on Windows as part of their DR mode deployment is the confusion over which commands to enter...
How-tos
How to create an SSL certificate in Linux
I thought I would try and cover the basics here by explaining how to create an SSL certificate and the various files that you'll end up with...
Healthcare
DICOM viewers: Can you recommend a free one I can trust?
After about an hour of searching I finally found two viewers that I can recommend...
Automation
Automating load balancer management with Ansible Playbooks
Ansible is an open source project sponsored by RedHat, and is the simplest way to automate IT tasks...
Education
Load balancing Moodle's learning application system (LMS)
Moodle is a great platform for learning, but requires load balancing to facilitate the secure and timely distribution and delivery of that data...
Automation
Using Grafana with your Loadbalancer.org appliance
How many times have you looked at the HAProxy report and thought, what on earth is this all about?! What are the busiest times on my Loadbalancer? Which Real Server is busy? How much traffic is going through my VIPs?..
How-tos
Using Prometheus with your Loadbalancer.org appliance
With our recent release, you can now use the new Prometheus exporter to export the HAProxy metrics into an existing Prometheus environment...
How-tos
Using Postman to upload certificates to your Loadbalancer.org appliance
You don't need me to tell you that Postman is an API platform used for building and using APIs, designed to make your life a whole lot easier!..
How-tos
How to load balance and optimize Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)
If you want safe, easy-to-use object storage software then the Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) is it. But why, and how, can you optimize this solution with load balancing?..