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@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Service
.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing reverse-proxy service <name> ssl
certificate <name>
- Set SSL certeficate <name> for service <name>
+ Set SSL certificate <name> for service <name>
Rules
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ Backend
.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend <name> balance
<balance>
- Load-balancing algorithms to be used for distributind requests among the
- vailable servers
+ Load-balancing algorithms to be used for distributed requests among the
+ available servers
Balance algorithms:
* ``source-address`` Distributes requests based on the source IP address
@@ -144,9 +144,49 @@ Backend
Send a Proxy Protocol version 2 header (binary format)
+.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend <name> ssl
+ ca-certificate <ca-certificate>
+ Configure requests to the backend server to use SSL encryption and
+ authenticate backend against <ca-certificate>
-Gloabal
+.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend <name> ssl no-verify
+
+ Configure requests to the backend server to use SSL encryption without
+ validating server certificate
+
+
+HTTP health check
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+For web application providing information about their state HTTP health
+checks can be used to determine their availability.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend <name> http-check
+
+ Enables HTTP health checks using OPTION HTTP requests against '/' and
+ expecting a successful response code in the 200-399 range.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend <name> http-check
+ method <method>
+
+ Sets the HTTP method to be used, can be either: option, get, post, put
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend <name> http-check
+ uri <path>
+
+ Sets the endpoint to be used for health checks
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend <name> http-check
+ expect <condition>
+
+ Sets the expected result condition for considering a server healthy.
+ Some possible examples are:
+ * ``status 200`` Expecting a 200 response code
+ * ``status 200-399`` Expecting a non-failure response code
+ * ``string success`` Expecting the string `success` in the response body
+
+
+Global
-------
Global parameters
@@ -207,6 +247,7 @@ servers (srv01 and srv02) using the round-robin load-balancing algorithm.
set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 server srv02 address '192.0.2.12'
set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 server srv02 port '8882'
+
Balancing based on domain name
------------------------------
The following configuration demonstrates how to use VyOS
@@ -243,12 +284,12 @@ to the backend ``bk-api-02``
Terminate SSL
-------------
-The following configuration reverse-proxy terminate SSL.
+The following configuration terminates SSL on the router.
-The ``http`` service is lestens on port 80 and force redirects from HTTP to
+The ``http`` service is listens on port 80 and force redirects from HTTP to
HTTPS.
-The ``https`` service listens on port 443 with backend `bk-default` to
+The ``https`` service listens on port 443 with backend ``bk-default`` to
handle HTTPS traffic. It uses certificate named ``cert`` for SSL termination.
Rule 10 matches requests with the exact URL path ``/.well-known/xxx``
@@ -287,3 +328,61 @@ connection limit of 4000 and a minimum TLS version of 1.3.
set load-balancing reverse-proxy global-parameters max-connections '4000'
set load-balancing reverse-proxy global-parameters tls-version-min '1.3'
+
+SSL Bridging
+-------------
+The following configuration terminates incoming HTTPS traffic on the router,
+then re-encrypts the traffic and sends to the backend server via HTTPS.
+This is useful if encryption is required for both legs, but you do not want to
+install publicly trusted certificates on each backend server.
+
+Backend service certificates are checked against the certificate authority
+specified in the configuration, which could be an internal CA.
+
+The ``https`` service listens on port 443 with backend ``bk-bridge-ssl`` to
+handle HTTPS traffic. It uses certificate named ``cert`` for SSL termination.
+
+The ``bk-bridge-ssl`` backend connects to sr01 server on port 443 via HTTPS
+and checks backend server has a valid certificate trusted by CA ``cacert``
+
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy service https backend 'bk-bridge-ssl'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy service https description 'listen on 443 port'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy service https mode 'http'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy service https port '443'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy service https ssl certificate 'cert'
+
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-bridge-ssl description 'SSL backend'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-bridge-ssl mode 'http'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-bridge-ssl ssl ca-certificate 'cacert'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-bridge-ssl server sr01 address '192.0.2.23'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-bridge-ssl server sr01 port '443'
+
+
+Balancing with HTTP health checks
+---------------------------------
+
+This configuration enables HTTP health checks on backend servers.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy service my-tcp-api backend 'bk-01'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy service my-tcp-api mode 'tcp'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy service my-tcp-api port '8888'
+
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 balance 'round-robin'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 mode 'tcp'
+
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 http-check method 'get'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 http-check uri '/health'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 http-check expect 'status 200'
+
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 server srv01 address '192.0.2.11'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 server srv01 port '8881'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 server srv01 check
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 server srv02 address '192.0.2.12'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 server srv02 port '8882'
+ set load-balancing reverse-proxy backend bk-01 server srv02 check
+