Method: POST URI: /ALF/Server/{ServerId} This method attaches a port to an existing server. It requires the following information: Field Required data Port The port number. E.G. 80 Valid values are from 1 to 65535 Protocol The desired protocol. E.g. […]
Method: POST URI: /ALF/ServerGroup/{ServerGroupID}/Connection This method maps an existing public port to a new private port. This allows traffic from the Internet on port 80/HTTP to be sent to an alternate port if desired, such as 8080/HTTP. Field Required […]
Method: POST URI: /ALF/Pac/{pacId}/AddPort This method adds a port to a specific Pack. It requires that the following information be posted in order to successfully create the Pack: Field Required data Port The port number. E.G. 80 Valid values […]
Everyone in the IT business has heard of load balancing, but many don’t know much about it. Even technology professionals who are familiar with the concept may know little about how it works. A brief introduction to the subject of load balancing and its development will help to round out our IT education. Why Load […]
Server hardening is a necessary process. And it’s a never-ending one. From the moment you pull the machine out of the box (or create it in the virtual environment), it pays to be thinking about security. But server hardening can do more than keep your machine safe. It will help with performance, and it can […]
Quick, name the most important server in your network – Web server? Active Directory server? Mail server? Those are all important no doubt, but your DNS servers are probably the most critical to your network operations. Imagine you were traveling within a foreign country you had never visited before and the area was totally […]
Today we released version 3.9 of our cloud platform which includes a few new feature enhancements, especially to the cloud load balancer, as well as the usual bug fix or two. Below is a summary of the most notable. General System/Account Changes: Maintenance Windows: We added a new feature that allows you to suppress alerting during […]
The Total Uptime Cloud Platform supports a variety of different protocols for use with the Cloud Load Balancer, Web Application Firewall and other networking solutions. These protocols were created to support additional features and functionality, usually at Layer 7, way beyond the standard TCP and UDP protocols also offered. Before you add a port/protocol combination, […]
Yes, we sure do. This fairly recent extension of the TLS protocol allows you to indicate which hostname is being contacted by the browser at the beginning of the handshake process. This allows a server to connect multiple SSL Certificates to one IP address and load the correct site or application for the user. Previously […]
As we talk to people during the week, we periodically make suggestions for using Cloud Load Balancing or Failover that are often met with surprise, such as “Oh, I didn’t know it could be used for that”. So we thought it might be helpful to compile a list of 8 potential uses. Of course, it […]