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Set Up a Load Balancer for Orchestrator Clustering › F5 Load Balancer Prerequisites › Create an F5 Virtual Server for CA Process Automation

Create an F5 Virtual Server for CA Process Automation

You can create an F5 Virtual Server.

Follow these steps:

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

    The Virtual Servers List displays the following details for each Virtual Server: the status, the name, the partition, the destination IP address, the service port, the type, and an Edit link for Resources.

  3. Click Create.

    The New Virtual Server page appears.

  4. Complete the General Properties section.
    Name

    Specifies the name of the virtual server, for example, PAMLB.

    Destination Type

    Specifies Host for a single IP address.

    Destination Address

    Specifies the IP address of the virtual server, for example, 10.130.5.149.

    Service Port

    Specifies the associated port for the virtual server, for example, 80 for HTTP, 443 to HTTPS.

    State

    Specifies whether the virtual server is available for load balancing. Specify Enabled.

  5. Complete the Configuration section. Accept all defaults, except for HTTP Profile.
    Type

    Specifies the type of virtual server. Standard is a virtual server that directs all traffic to the pool you defined as the default load balancing pool.

    Default: Standard

    HTTP Profile

    Specifies the HTTP profile for managing HTTP traffic. Select http.

  6. Complete the Resources section.
    iRules

    Specifies the iRules to enable for this virtual server. Select the iRules script that you created for the clustered Orchestrator.

    Include the iRule that you created for the default pool.

    Default Pool

    Specifies the name of the pool that the virtual server routes traffic to. Specify the CA Process Automation pool as the default pool.

    Default Persistence Profile

    Specifies the persistence profile for this virtual server. For example, source_addr.

    Fallback Persistence Profile

    Specifies the persistence profile that this virtual server uses when the default persistence profile cannot be used. For example, dest_addr.

  7. Click Finished.