VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Virtual LoadMaster for vCloud Air Installation Guide VERSION: 1.3 UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 2014 Copyright © 2002 - 2014 KEMP Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 5 Prerequisites ........................................................................................................................... 5 Solution Overview ...........................................................................................................................
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Introduction The KEMP Virtual LoadMaster (VLM) is a version of the LoadMaster that runs as a virtual machine within a hypervisor or cloud platform and can provide all the features and functions of a hardware-based LoadMaster. Figure 1-1: VMware Ready This document describes the installation of the VLM within a VMware vCloud Air environment. There are several different versions of the VLM available.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Solution Overview VMware vCloud® Air™ provides a hybrid cloud environment that serves as a natural extension to a VMware-powered private cloud, enabling customers to accelerate development/testing, packaged app deployment, disaster recovery as well as new enterprise and next generation application rollout. However, deploying applications in Hybrid Cloud presents unique challenges.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Installing a VLM using vCloud Air Service Web Console and vCloud Director The following instructions describe how to install a VLM in VMware vCloud Air using the vCloud Air web console. Download the OVF File The VLM is packaged with an .ovf file for ease of deployment. This file can be freely downloaded from KEMP Technologies for a 30 day evaluation period. To download the VLM please follow these instructions: 1. Log on to http://www.KEMPtechnologies.com/try 2.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Figure 3-2: VM Resource Pool Selection 4. In the vCloud Air web console, select the Virtual Machines tab and click Add Virtual Machine. Choose the appropriate resource pool and click Continue. Figure 3-3: Template Selection 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Select the My Catalog tab. Select the VLM template uploaded previously and click Continue. Provide a name for the VLM. Allocate compute, memory and storage resources. Configure the network assignment.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Configure Firewall and NAT Rules Firewall and Network Address Translation (NAT) rules are required for communication between clients and the Virtual LoadMaster. To configure firewall and NAT rules, navigate to the Edge Gateway in vCloud Air and configure NAT and firewall rules as follows: 1. SNAT Rules Original = Virtual LoadMaster IP or Subnet: Any – Translated: External Gateway IP: Any – Protocol: Any 2.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Figure 3-4: License Required 5. If using the Online licensing method, fill out the fields and click License Now. If you are starting with a trial license, there is no need to enter an Order ID. If you are starting with a permanent license, enter the KEMP Order ID# if this was provided to you. If using the Offline Licensing method, select Offline Licensing, obtain the license text, paste it into the License field and click Apply License.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Figure 3-2: Change password 8. Enter a new password for the bal user in the Password text box and retype it in the Retype Password text box. 9. Click Set Password. 10. The login screen will appear again. Enter the bal user name and the new password as defined previously. 11. In the screen informing you that the password has been changed, click the Continue button. Figure 3-3: Temporary license notification 12.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Figure 3-4: Set Hostname 15. Enter the hostname in the Current Hostname text box. 16. Click the Set Hostname button. 17. In the main menu, go to System Configuration > Local DNS Configuration > DNS Configuration. 18. In the DNS NameServer text box, enter the IP address(es) of the DNS Server(s) which will be used to resolve names locally on the VLM. 19. Click the Add button. 20.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide a) Virtual Address: This is the IP address that will be used to access a given application load balanced by the Virtual LoadMaster. Since the IP addresses of Virtual Services are statically assigned, ensure to use an address that is outside of the DCHP range for the network being used and configure necessary gateway rules per section 3.3.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Configuring Global Site Load Balancing (GSLB) When using the LoadMaster with vSphere Hybrid Cloud Service, ensure that the GEO functionality is enabled. GEO can be enabled in the Global Balancing section of the main menu in the LoadMaster WUI. The LoadMaster GEO add-on provides the VLM with Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) capabilities. This enables multi-site HA and simplified disaster recovery across private cloud and vCloud Air boundaries.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide 2. For each hostname that needs to be delegated to the VLM, create an NS record and set the value to the A record created for the VLM in the previous step, for example www.web.example.com to vlm1.example.com which will be a public IP address on the vCloud Air infrastructure. 3. For a HA configuration, repeat step 1 for the second VLM using a unique hostname, for example lm2.example.com. Repeat step 2 using the second LoadMaster.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide 4.4.1 Add an FQDN To add an FQDN, follow the steps below: 1. In the main menu, select Global Balancing and Manage FQDNs. Figure 5-3: Configure FQDN 2. Click the Add FQDN button. Figure 5-4: Add an FQDN 3. Enter an FQDN name, for example www.example.com in the New Fully Qualified Domain Name textbox. Wildcards are supported here, for example *.example.com matches anything with .example.com ending. 4. Click the Add FQDN button. 5.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide 8. By default, the Isolate Public/Private Sites option is enabled. You can choose to enable/disable this as needed. When Isolate Public/Private Sites is enabled, GEO separates internal and external clients and returns only sites from the same type, even if the other type is the only one available. It sends only routable responses to public IP requesters and RFC1918 responses to private IP requesters.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Figure 5-8: Add a new IP address 4. Enter the IP Address or network. Valid entries here are either a single IP, for example 192.168.0.1, or a network in Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) format, for example 192.168.0.0/24. 5. Click Add Address. Figure 5-9: IP address configured 6. Click Modify. 7. Specify the location by entering the coordinates and click Save. Alternatively, select the country from the Countries drop-down list.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Distributed LoadMaster Partners When there are multiple VLM appliances distributed across multiple locations, they can be linked together to act as a single resource, similar to a cluster. When a HA LoadMaster pair is configured to do GEO synchronization, all three IP addresses (HA1, HA2 and the shared address) must be added to each partner configuration correctly.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide a) In the GEO LoadMaster Partners text box, enter the IP address of the LoadMaster to partner with. If there is more than one box, enter the IP addresses but separate them with a space. b) Click the Set GEO LoadMaster access button. c) Enter the port number that the LoadMasters will use to communicate in the GEO LoadMaster Port text box. d) Click Set GEO LoadMaster Port.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Troubleshooting Cannot access the Web User Interface (WUI) If a connection to the WUI cannot be established, network settings can be configured via the console view. 1. Login into the VLM via the console. The default login details are as follows: lb100 login: bal Password: 1fourall Figure 5-1: Enter IP address 2.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide 4. Enter a space-separated list of nameserver IP addresses. 5. A message will appear asking to continue licensing via the WUI. Try to access the IP address via a web browser. Ensure to enter https:// before the IP address. 6. Contact the local KEMP Customer Services Representative for further support if needed. Factory Reset If you perform a factory reset on your VLM, all configuration data, including the VLM’s IP address is deleted.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide References Unless otherwise specified, the below documents can be found at http://www.kemptechnologies.com/documentation. Licensing, Feature Description VMware Tools Add-On Package, Feature Description Web User Interface (WUI), Configuration Guide GEO, Product Overview GEO Sticky DNS, Feature Description Global Server Load Balancing, Feature Description Copyright © 2002 - 2014 KEMP Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
VLM for VMware vCloud Air Installation Guide Document History Date Change Reason for Change Ver. Resp. July 2014 Initial draft of the document Initial draft of the document 1.0 JD Aug 2014 Minor update Updated diagram 1.1 LB Aug 2014 Minor updates Defects resolved 1.2 LB Sep 2014 Minor updates Defects resolved 1.3 LB Copyright © 2002 - 2014 KEMP Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
