Hello, I am setting up the Web Application Firewall under Webserver Protection in my software version 9.201-23. The WAF does some automatic load balancing. However under the regular load balancing features under Server Load Balancing (Network Protection) I can set up testing an application on each real server over http or https, and configure intervals and time-out. There is no such option under WAF.
I really need the feature to have Sophos UTM check a web page and take the real server out of the pool when the check fails during e.g. two consecutive checks.
When I use WAF, the load balancing rules are ignored. How can I use WAF and make some (imho very basic settings) to combine WAF with load balancing?
Thank you for your reply Bob. Do I understand correctly that my requirements can only be met in a future release of Sophos? Are there any work arounds as far as you know? Currently I do not know if taking a real server out of the pool is a graceful stop, or a hard stop, nor can it detect if a node is still available. Help is still appreciated.
It knows if a Real Server is not running, but there's no way to check a page or whether specific processes are active. I'm not sure what "graceful" might mean in this context. I hope you do make your suggestion for a feature enhancement.
Cheers - Bob
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