Introduction Load Balancer

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Segura has a self-made load balancer to interface all Segura instances running into cluster schema. The Segura Load Balancer is a ready-to-deploy and ready-to-use solution configured to give the best performance over Segura functionalities.

The Load Balacer will be capable of handling all requests/traffic from Segura whitin the specifications provided by the manufacturer in its implementation.

Technical information

Minimum requirements

  • 4GB RAM.

  • 2 vCPUs (4 vCPUs recommended).

  • 40GB vHD.

It’ll use the same SSL certificate installed in Segura instances. There isn’t a need to install a particular SSL certificate for the load balancer.

As it is a tailor-made product for balancing the Segura, the Segura Load Balancer has a very specific optimization and should not be used to balance other applications. Therefore, we do not offer the option of changing the customer's balancing and/or monitoring methods. It uses the least connection algorithm for balancing mode.

Example of the Load Balancer architecture.  

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Note that Segura Load Balancer works with Terminal, Web and RDP proxies.

Using Segura Load Balancer, you can also decide which service should be balanced. A company that uses SSH connections more than the other proxies can isolate dedicated instances for better performance.