Web Servers - Do you know how to Setup NLB on Windows Server 2016? (aka Network Load Balancing)
Last updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 8 months ago.See historyDowntime occurs when you have a single server setup.
TODO: This is 2008 R2 – update to 2016 Note: 2008 R2 was not as reliable as later versions. So it would be better to use failover cluster in Server 2012 R2 or 2016 for a more reliable infrastructure configuration.
Use NLB to allow load balancing and failover. On each of your Windows Servers, you will host your website.
You need to follow these steps to get it up and running:
- On all nodes of the NBL cluster, the Network Load Balancing Feature needs to be installed.
Setup NLB - Open the Network Load Balancing Manager from Administrative Tools
Setup NLB - Enter the first node in the cluster in ‘Host’ and press ‘Connect’
Setup NLB - Enter a Priority as 1 (this is just a host identifier)
Setup NLB Setup NLB - Choose the IP address of your cluster from the dropdown list Set a Full Internet Name eg. spcluster.sydney.ssw.com.au.
Ensure the Multicast Cluster operation mode is selected.
Setup NLB - You want sticky sessions so you don’t mistakenly bounce between servers (and lose your state)
Setup NLB Setup NLB - Right click the name of the cluster eg. spcluster.sydney.ssw.com.au Click Add Host To Cluster
Setup NLB - Open a command prompt and type in wlbs query to verify the cluster:
Setup NLB - Ping both nodes and the virtual IP address externally to verify they are all working