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CLOUDSTACK-893 conceptual info around gslb Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/commit/6df3d831 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/tree/6df3d831 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/diff/6df3d831 Branch: refs/heads/master Commit: 6df3d83183d33876c37ea51cd0ffcb8836fa8d26 Parents: 225a467 Author: unknown <radhi...@banlradhikap.citrite.net> Authored: Fri May 10 19:43:29 2013 +0530 Committer: radhikap <radhika.puthiyet...@citrix.com> Committed: Mon May 13 10:05:54 2013 +0530 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- docs/en-US/gslb.xml | 35 +++++++++++------------------------ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/blob/6df3d831/docs/en-US/gslb.xml ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/docs/en-US/gslb.xml b/docs/en-US/gslb.xml index 2303331..8070e30 100644 --- a/docs/en-US/gslb.xml +++ b/docs/en-US/gslb.xml @@ -157,29 +157,15 @@ </section> <section id="gslb-workflow"> <title>Configuring GSLB</title> - <para>A GSLB deployment is the logical collection of GSLB virtual server, GSLB service, LB - virtual server, service, domain, and ADNS service. To create a GSLB site, you must configure - load balancing in the zone. You must create GSLB vservers and GSLB services for each site. You - must bind GSLB services to GSLB vservers. You must then create an ADNS service that provides - the IP address of the best performing site to the client's request. A GSLB vserver is an - entity that performs load balancing for the domains bound to it by returning the IP address of - the best GSLB service. A GSLB service is a representation of the load balancing/content - switching vserver. An LB vserver load balances incoming traffic by identifying the best - server, then directs traffic to the corresponding service. It can also load-balance external - DNS name servers. Services are entities that represent the servers. The domain is the domain - name for which the system is the authoritative DNS server. By creating an ADNS service, the - system can be configured as an authoritative DNS server.</para> - <para>To configure GSLB in your cloud environment, as a cloud administrator you must perform the - following.</para> - <para>To configure such a GSLB setup, you must first configure a standard load balancing setup + <para>To configure a GSLB deployment, you must first configure a standard load balancing setup for each zone. This enables you to balance load across the different servers in each zone in - the region. Then, configure both NetScaler appliances that you plan to add to each zone as - authoritative DNS (ADNS) servers. Next, create a GSLB site for each zone, configure GSLB - virtual servers for each site, create GLSB services, and bind the GSLB services to the GSLB - virtual servers. Finally, bind the domain to the GSLB virtual servers. The GSLB configurations - on the two appliances at the two different sites are identical, although each sites - load-balancing configuration is specific to that site.</para> - <para>Perform the following as a cloud administrator. As per the above example, the + the region. Then on the NetScaler side, configure both NetScaler appliances that you plan to + add to each zone as authoritative DNS (ADNS) servers. Next, create a GSLB site for each zone, + configure GSLB virtual servers for each site, create GLSB services, and bind the GSLB services + to the GSLB virtual servers. Finally, bind the domain to the GSLB virtual servers. The GSLB + configurations on the two appliances at the two different zones are identical, although each + sites load-balancing configuration is specific to that site.</para> + <para>Perform the following as a cloud administrator. As per the example given above, the administrator of xyztelco is the one who sets up GSLB:</para> <orderedlist> <listitem> @@ -200,7 +186,9 @@ >Configuring an Authoritative DNS Service</ulink>.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Configure a GSLB site with site name formed from the domain name details.</para> + <para>Configure a GSLB site with the site name formed from the domain name.</para> + <para>As per the example given above, the site names are A.xyztelco.com and + B.xyztelco.com.</para> <para>For more information, see <ulink url="http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/netscaler-traffic-management-10-map/ns-gslb-config-basic-site-tsk.html"; >Configuring a Basic GSLB Site</ulink>.</para> @@ -459,7 +447,6 @@ </section> <section id="assign-lb-gslb"> <title>Assigning Load Balancing Rules to GSLB</title> - <para/> <orderedlist> <listitem> <para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as a domain administrator or user.</para>
