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diff --git a/docs/configexamples/wan-load-balancing.rst b/docs/configexamples/wan-load-balancing.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7093defe --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/configexamples/wan-load-balancing.rst @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +.. _wan-load-balancing: + +WAN Load Balancer examples +========================== + + +Example 1: Distributing load evenly +----------------------------------- + +The setup used in this example is shown in the following diagram: + +.. image:: /_static/images/Wan_load_balancing1.png + :width: 80% + :align: center + :alt: Network Topology Diagram + + +Overview +^^^^^^^^ + * All traffic coming in trough eth2 is balanced between eth0 and eth1 + on the router. + * Pings will be sent to four targets for health testing (33.44.55.66, + 44.55.66.77, 55.66.77.88 and 66.77.88.99). + * All outgoing packets are assigned the source address of the assigned + interface (SNAT). + * eth0 is set to be removed from the load balancer's interface pool + after 5 ping failures, eth1 will be removed after 4 ping failures. + +Create static routes to ping targets +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Create static routes through the two ISPs towards the ping targets and +commit the changes: + +.. code-block:: none + + set protocols static route 33.44.55.66/32 next-hop 11.22.33.1 + set protocols static route 44.55.66.77/32 next-hop 11.22.33.1 + set protocols static route 55.66.77.88/32 next-hop 22.33.44.1 + set protocols static route 66.77.88.99/32 next-hop 22.33.44.1 + +Configure the load balancer +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Configure the WAN load balancer with the parameters described above: + +.. code-block:: none + + set load-balancing wan interface-health eth0 failure-count 5 + set load-balancing wan interface-health eth0 nexthop 11.22.33.1 + set load-balancing wan interface-health eth0 test 10 type ping + set load-balancing wan interface-health eth0 test 10 target 33.44.55.66 + set load-balancing wan interface-health eth0 test 20 type ping + set load-balancing wan interface-health eth0 test 20 target 44.55.66.77 + set load-balancing wan interface-health eth1 failure-count 4 + set load-balancing wan interface-health eth1 nexthop 22.33.44.1 + set load-balancing wan interface-health eth1 test 10 type ping + set load-balancing wan interface-health eth1 test 10 target 55.66.77.88 + set load-balancing wan interface-health eth1 test 20 type ping + set load-balancing wan interface-health eth1 test 20 target 66.77.88.99 + set load-balancing wan rule 10 inbound-interface eth2 + set load-balancing wan rule 10 interface eth0 + set load-balancing wan rule 10 interface eth1 + +Example 2: Failover based on interface weights +---------------------------------------------- + +This examples uses the failover mode. + +Overview +^^^^^^^^ +In this example eth0 is the primary interface and eth1 is the secondary +interface to provide simple failover functionality. If eth0 fails, eth1 +takes over. + +Create interface weight based configuration +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +The configuration steps are the same as in the previous example, except +rule 10 so we keep the configuration, remove rule 10 and add a new rule +for the failover mode: + +.. code-block:: none + + delete load-balancing wan rule 10 + set load-balancing wan rule 10 failover + set load-balancing wan rule 10 inbound-interface eth2 + set load-balancing wan rule 10 interface eth0 weight 10 + set load-balancing wan rule 10 interface eth1 weight 1 + +Example 3: Failover based on rule order +--------------------------------------- + +The previous example used the failover command to send traffic thorugh +eth1 if eth0 fails. In this example failover functionality is provided +by rule order. + +Overview +^^^^^^^^ +Two rules will be created, the first rule directs traffic coming in +from eth2 to eth0 and the second rule directs the traffic to eth1. If +eth0 fails the first rule is bypassed and the second rule matches, +directing traffic to eth1. + +Create rule order based configuration +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +We keep the configurtation from the previous example, delete rule 10 +and create the two new rules as described: + +.. code-block:: none + + delete load-balancing wan rule 10 + set load-balancing wan rule 10 inbound-interface eth2 + set load-balancing wan rule 10 interface eth0 + set load-balancing wan rule 20 inbound-interface eth2 + set load-balancing wan rule 20 interface eth1 + +Example 4: Failover based on rule order - priority traffic +---------------------------------------------------------- + +A rule order for prioritising traffic is useful in scenarios where the +secondary link has a lower speed and should only carry high priority +traffic. It is assumed for this example that eth1 is connected to a +slower connection than eth0 and should prioritise VoIP traffic. + +Overview +^^^^^^^^ +A rule order for prioritising traffic is useful in scenarios where the +secondary link has a lower speed and should only carry high priority +traffic. It is assumed for this example that eth1 is connected to a +slower connection than eth0 and should prioritise VoIP traffic. + +Create rule order based configuration with low speed secondary link +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +We keep the configuration from the previous example, delete rule 20 and +create a new rule as described: + +.. code-block:: none + + delete load-balancing wan rule 20 + set load-balancing wan rule 20 inbound-interface eth2 + set load-balancing wan rule 20 interface eth1 + set load-balancing wan rule 20 destination port sip + set load-balancing wan rule 20 protocol tcp + set protocols static route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 11.22.33.1 + +Example 5: Exclude traffic from load balancing +---------------------------------------------- + +In this example two LAN interfaces exist in different subnets instead +of one like in the previous examples: + +.. image:: /_static/images/Wan_load_balancing_exclude1.png + :width: 80% + :align: center + :alt: Network Topology Diagram + +Adding a rule for the second interface +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Based on the previous example, another rule for traffic from the second +interface eth3 can be added to the load balancer. However, traffic meant +to flow between the LAN subnets will be sent to eth0 and eth1 as well. +To prevent this, another rule is required. This rule excludes traffic +between the local subnets from the load balancer. It also excludes +locally-sources packets (required for web caching with load balancing). +eth+ is used as an alias that refers to all ethernet interfaces: + +.. code-block:: none + + set load-balancing wan rule 5 exclude + set load-balancing wan rule 5 inbound-interface eth+ + set load-balancing wan rule 5 destination address 10.0.0.0/8 |