F5 load balancing to Log Server
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 5:10 pm
Hello,
I've read a couple forum posts related to load balancing vs round robin DNS to Log Server:
https://support.nagios.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32777
https://support.nagios.com/forum/viewto ... 38&t=33005
They are relatively old now and I was wondering if there are any new suggestions/recommendations for being able to use F5 load balancers while maintaining the source IP of the logs? A colleague suggested that an iRule on the F5 might be a solution, but was unsure if that was possible with Log Server.
All of our network devices route their logs through our F5s and since we started doing that everything appears to be coming from a single host address and our number of unique hosts has dropped off considerably (for obvious reasons).
I've read a couple forum posts related to load balancing vs round robin DNS to Log Server:
https://support.nagios.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32777
https://support.nagios.com/forum/viewto ... 38&t=33005
They are relatively old now and I was wondering if there are any new suggestions/recommendations for being able to use F5 load balancers while maintaining the source IP of the logs? A colleague suggested that an iRule on the F5 might be a solution, but was unsure if that was possible with Log Server.
All of our network devices route their logs through our F5s and since we started doing that everything appears to be coming from a single host address and our number of unique hosts has dropped off considerably (for obvious reasons).