Before we proceed through integration steps, we need to configure the main network configuration by setting up physical IP and virtual IP. You can set the IP addresses in Settings → Interfaces section. In this document, we considered 10.17.4.16 as virtual IP. Now we are ready to add farm using configured virtual IP address. Farm is a set of servers that offer the same service over a single-entry point defined with an IP address and a port, which is normally called virtual service. The main farm work is to deliver the client virtual service connection to the real backend service and back. Meanwhile, the farm definition sets up the delivery policies to every real server.
To create a new Farm, you can add it in Manage → Farms section. One can create a new Farm using virtual IP (e.g. 10.17.4.16). After successfully creating a Farm, one can add the HSM server IP addresses to this Farm and add some global parameters as per requirements like load balancing algorithms, backend response timeout, virtual port etc. If you see the green circle symbol in the Status field, you are ready to run the demo on Zen Load Balancer using the HSM.
Please open the multiple windows of the command prompt (CMD) and run below command on each of the CMD instance: cxitool dev=10.17.4.16 logonpass=ZenLB,utimaco test.
Now, you can visualize the current established connections (progress) by clicking on View backend status in actions field in Manage → Farms. There is one more feature offered by Zen Load Balancer which is that you can visualize the performance of your system by viewing different charts and logs in Monitoring → Graphs or Logs.