Figure 8 provides a visual map for the information in this section.
NOTE: The letters in Figure 8 are referenced in the table that follows. The addresses shown are for illustration purposes only. You will need to substitute actual addresses for your network.
Figure 8
Web Server Accelerator Setup
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Ensure that your basic network configuration is complete for each proxy server |
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Ensure that DNS resolves browser requests to the proxy server IP addresses configured for the Web server accelerator services |
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See A in Figure 8. |
Set up one or more Web server accelerator services |
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See B in Figure 8. If server persistence is enabled in the Web Server Accelerator tab, the proxy server will use the same Web server to fill browser requests during a session. This setting affects all accelerators on the proxy server and saves e-business users from having to log in multiple times. See Web Server Accelerator Tab. If logging is enabled, accelerator log files for the Web server accelerator will have the same name as the Web server accelerator. The DNS name is required when:
If you enter DNS names in the Web Server Addresses list, make sure they are not the names that now resolve to proxy server numeric IP addresses. That would create an endless loop. |
The steps you take to have DNS resolve requests to the proxy server rather than to the origin server depend on whether the proxy server and the origin Web server are on the same subnet. The following sections explain each alternative.
If the proxy server and the origin Web server are on the same subnet, you can swap IP addresses as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9
Working with DNS
If the origin Web server is on a remote network, you need to alter DNS as shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10
Altering DNS