Load balance UDP with HAProxy ALOHA

To load balance UDP services with HAProxy ALOHA, use a Linux Virtual Server (LVS) load balancer in NAT mode to perform the load balancing at layer 4. In this scenario, responses from servers flow through HAProxy ALOHA (that is, not Direct Server Return).

Enable destination NAT Jump to heading #

Configure LVS so that it translates the destination IP from the public IP on which HAProxy ALOHA listens to the backend server’s private IP.

1. In the web UI’s LB Layer4 tab, add the mode nat directive to your existing configuration.

   haproxy
   director web 10.0.0.3:8000 UDP
     balance leastconn
     mode nat
     server web1 10.0.0.20:8000 weight 10 check

   haproxy
   director web 10.0.0.3:8000 UDP
     balance leastconn
     mode nat
     server web1 10.0.0.20:8000 weight 10 check

2. Click OK and Apply.

3. To make the changes persist after a reboot, go to the Setup tab and click Save within the Configuration section.

Enable source NAT Jump to heading #

Create iptables NAT rules to translate the client’s source IP to the HAProxy ALOHA appliance’s IP.

There are two example configurations.

• One network interface

  text
  --------+-------- 10.0.0.0/24, VIPs, backend servers
          |
          | eth0
     +---------+
     |         |
     |  ALOHA  |
     |         |
     +---------+

  text
  --------+-------- 10.0.0.0/24, VIPs, backend servers
          |
          | eth0
     +---------+
     |         |
     |  ALOHA  |
     |         |
     +---------+

• Two network interfaces

  text
  --------+-------- 10.0.0.0/24, VIPs
          |
          | eth0
     +---------+
     |         |
     |  ALOHA  |
     |         |
     +---------+
          | eth1
          |
  --------+-------- 10.0.3.0/24, backend servers

  text
  --------+-------- 10.0.0.0/24, VIPs
          |
          | eth0
     +---------+
     |         |
     |  ALOHA  |
     |         |
     +---------+
          | eth1
          |
  --------+-------- 10.0.3.0/24, backend servers

  Info

  In configurations having two network interfaces, if you have failover configured on one VIP, configure a VIP with failover on the other interface as well.

1. In the NAT tab, click Insert to add a new NAT rule.

2. In the New Rule area, fill in the fields as directed below.

   Field	Description
   IN	Inbound network interface.
   OUT	Outbound network interface. In a configuration with one network interface, this should be the same as the inbound interface. In a configuration with two interfaces, this interface should be different from the inbound interface.
   Protocol	UDP.

3. In the Before area, fill in the fields as directed below.

   Field	Value	Example
   Source	Blank
   Source port	Blank
   Destination	VIP address	10.0.0.3
   Destination port	UDP port or range	8000, or 50000-51000

4. In the After area, fill in the fields as directed below.

   Field	Value	Example
   Source	VIP address (Note: If you enter a local IP address, it cannot be shared between the members of a cluster.)	10.0.0.3
   Source port	Blank
   Destination	Blank
   Destination port	Blank

5. Check your configuration.

   • One network interface.

   

   • Two network interfaces.

   

6. Click Add and Apply.

7. To make the changes persist after a reboot, go to the Setup tab and click Save within the Configuration section.

Enable LVS connection tracking Jump to heading #

NAT relies on the connection tracking information so that it can translate all of the packets in a session in the same way.

1. Click the Services tab.

2. Locate the lvs service and click Setup.

3. Enable connection tracking through the conntrack keyword.

   text
   service lvs
     ############ Linux Virtual Server, layer 3/4 load balancing
     conntrack

   text
   service lvs
     ############ Linux Virtual Server, layer 3/4 load balancing
     conntrack

4. Click OK and then Close.

5. Locate the lvs service and click Restart.

6. To make the changes persist after a reboot, go to the Setup tab and click Save within the Configuration section.