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has anybody tried implementing a load balancer to access the UI of Nagios Log Server?

i have 5 nls running in a cluster and it works ok, the reason behind putting load balancer in front for the User interface is to ensure that users are scattered on the 5 servers when accessing them to avoid a server to single handedly service the number of users we have. I am trying to use HAProxy but could not make it work ideally. i have configured the HAProxy to roundrobin on the 5 nls servers but when i tried connecting, the connection would not push through. also i can see on the haproxy log that all 5 nls servers are being connected to which is probably the reason why the connection is not pushing through.

i would like to know if there's anybody who has experienced the same problem and how they implemented a solution be it with haproxy or with another load balancer.

thank you in advance.

We don't have any specific documentation regarding load balancing, but Round-Robin DNS and F5 are typically the weapons of choice for most environments.

I do know @tacolover101 has done some HAProxy stuff with NLS before, but I don't have the stuff he gave me handy.