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Create Two F5 Pools for Each CA Process Automation Cluster

Create two F5 pools for each CA Process Automation cluster. To each F5 pool that you create, add the nodes that belong to the associated cluster.

For example, create two pools like the following examples:

• PAMPOOL set as PAMSRVRPOOL, where members use port 8080 (basic) or port 8443 (secure). This pool is used for all communications
• PAMWSPOOL set as PAMJETTYPOOL, where members use port 80 (basic) or port 443 (secure). This pool supports agents configured for simplified communication, which use web sockets.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to F5.
2. Select the Main tab, click Local Traffic, and then click Pools.

   The Pool List is empty if you are setting up pools for the first time. The Pool List displays the following details for each pool: the status, the pool name, the partition, and the number of members in the pool.

3. Click Create.

   The New Pool page appears.

4. Complete the Configuration section.
   1. Select Basic from the drop-down list.
   2. Enter a name for the new pool.
   3. From the available health monitors, select http and move it to the active list.
5. Select Round Robin from the Load Balancing Method drop-down list.
6. Select Disabled from the Priority Group Activation drop-down list.
7. Add each node to the new F5 pool as follows:
   1. Select Node List because you are adding a node that is defined.
   2. Select the IP address (host name) from the Address drop-down list that identifies the node to add to this F5 pool.
   3. Enter one of the following values for Service port based on the communication security level (Basic or Secure) and on the communication type (Deprecated or Simplified):

      Basic (Unsecure) and Deprecated communication

      8080

      Basic (Unsecure) and Simplified communication

      80 (Select HTTP, 80 is automatically populated in the Service Port field.)

      Secure and Deprecated communication

      8443

      Secure and Simplified communication

      443 (Select HTTPS, 443 is automatically populated in the Service Port field.)

   4. Click Add.

   The details that you added for this node appear in the New Members list.

8. Click Finished.

   The new pool is added to the F5 Pool List.