Connect OBProxy to F5 Big-IP LTM

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager,(LTM) is an application traffic management system. OBProxy and OCP-Console are connected to F5 BIG-IP LTM to achieve OCP load balancing. With the Layer 4 configuration function of F5 BIG-IP LTM, you can configure the external service port of OBProxy by performing the following steps.

Prerequisites

• F5 BIG-IP LTM has been configured and its license has been activated.

• The IP address of F5 BIG-IP LTM has been verified. The default IP address is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.

• The IP address and port number of OBProxy server have been verified.

Procedure

1. Enter the user name and password to log on to F5 BIG-IP LTM. The default user name is admin and the default password is admin.

2. Create a pool :

   1. Choose Local Traffic > Monitors , and create a monitor with the type TCP Half Open .

   2. Choose Local Traffic > Pools and click + to create a pool.

   3. Select the monitor that is created in step a from the Available list and add it to the Active list.

   4. On the drop-down list, select New Node and set Address and Service Port to the IP address and port number of the OBProxy server, respectively.

   5. Click Add to add multiple nodes. After all nodes are added, click Finished .

   6. Choose Local Traffic > Pools > Pool List . Verify that green icons are displayed in the Status column of all members. This indicates that the pool is created.

3. Choose Local Traffic > Profiles > FastL4 and add a profile. Set the Type parameter of the Layer 4 mode to Performance (Layer 4), and disable session keep-alive. We recommend that you set Idle Timeout to be greater than or equal to 1800 seconds.

4. Choose Local Traffic > Virtual Servers and add a server.

   1. Set the following parameters.

      Parameter	Description
      Source Address	Set this parameter to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/0.
      Destination Address/Mask	Set this parameter to the virtual IP address or self IP address of F5 BIG-IP LTM, for example, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
      Type	Set this parameter to Performance (Layer 4).
      Service Port	Set this parameter to a user-defined port number.
      Protocol Profile (Client)	Select the profile that is added in step 3.

   2. On the drop-down page, set the Source Address Translation parameter to Auto Map .

      

   3. Set Default Pool to the pool that is created in step 2.

   4. Click Finished .

   5. Choose Local Traffic > Virtual Servers . Verify that green icons are displayed in the Status column on the Virtual Server List tab. This indicates that the server is created.

5. Select a host that is connected to the F5 BIG-IP LTM and OBProxy hosts and run the commands telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 2883 and telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 3306. If the following message is displayed, the connection between OBProxy and F5 BIG-IP LTM is complete:

   Connected to xx.xx.x.xxx.Escape character is '^]'.