Backend Services and Groups

Target servers, weight, backup and maintenance.

• How is a Backend Service added; which information is required?LB-04-001
• When should I use a Backend Group, and when individual Backend Services?LB-04-002
• Should I create a Backend Group even if I only have one server?LB-04-003
• Can I use one Backend Service in more than one vService?LB-04-004
• What do the health colors and icons in the Backend Service list mean?LB-04-005
• What is Weight, and how should it be set?LB-04-006
• What does Maintenance Mode do?LB-04-007
• What is a Backup Service; when does it take over, and when does it step back?LB-04-008
• Can I enter a domain name (FQDN) instead of an IP as the Backend Service address?LB-04-009
• How do I see which vServices use a Backend Service ("Used in")?LB-04-010
• How do I find Backend Services that are not used anywhere (Unused Entries)?LB-04-011
• Which settings are shared at group level, and which are per server?LB-04-012
• Can I give the servers in a Backend Group their own Weight and connection limit?LB-04-013
• What is Connection Limit; what happens to new requests when the limit is reached?LB-04-014
• Can the Backend Service port be different from the frontend port (sending a request received on 443 to 8080)?LB-04-015
• What does the "Use Frontend Port" option do?LB-04-016
• What does the SSL Service option do; what is needed to connect to the backend over an encrypted connection?LB-04-017
• Can I export the Backend Services and Backend Groups lists (Export)?LB-04-018
• How do I temporarily stop all traffic to a server; can I set Weight to 0?LB-04-019
• What do the "Low" and "Standard" cipher options mean for a Backend Service that uses SSL, and which should I choose?LB-04-020
• What is the Proxy Protocol setting, and when should it be enabled?LB-04-021
• What does "Default" in the SNAT field mean; can I choose a specific SNAT IP?LB-04-022
• What is the Cookie Content field used for?LB-04-023
• Can my backends be on different networks / in different route tables?LB-04-024
• Can my backends be in a different data center or in the cloud?LB-04-025
• Can I add many servers in bulk?LB-04-026
• If I define more than one Backup Service, is traffic distributed across all of them?LB-04-027