What you will learn
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the fundamentals of load balancing and its importance
- Differentiate between types of load balancers and their algorithms
- Configure and manage server health monitoring and load balancing algorithms
- Implement high availability and redundancy in load balancing setups
- Offload SSL processing and manage SSL certificates in load balancers
- Explore advanced features of Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs)
- Deploy and manage load balancing solutions in cloud environments
- Monitor and troubleshoot load balancing performance
Beneficial for
This course is suitable for:
- Network Administrators
- System Administrators
- IT Managers
- DevOps Engineers
- Anyone responsible for designing, implementing, or managing load balancing solutions
Course Pre-requisite
Participants should have a basic understanding of:
- Basic understanding of networking concepts
- Familiarity with general IT and system administration principles
Course Outline
Understanding the need for load balancing
Overview of common challenges in managing web traffic
Role of load balancing in optimizing application performance
Introduction to hardware-based and software-based load balancers
Layer 4 (Transport layer) vs. Layer 7 (Application layer) load balancing
Comparison of different load balancing algorithms
Round Robin, Least Connections, and Weighted Round Robin
Least Response Time and Weighted Least Connections
Session persistence and sticky sessions in load balancing
Implementing server health checks for load balancers
Monitoring server response times and availability
Configuring thresholds for server health monitoring
Ensuring high availability through load balancing
Strategies for creating redundant load balancer configurations
Failover mechanisms and considerations
Overview of SSL termination in load balancing
Offloading SSL processing to improve server performance
Configuring and managing SSL certificates in load balancers
Introduction to Application Delivery Controllers
Advanced features of ADCs: content caching, compression, and acceleration
Use cases and scenarios for deploying ADCs in load balancing
Load balancing solutions for cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure)
Auto-scaling and dynamic load balancing in the cloud
Challenges and considerations for load balancing in virtualized environments
Best practices for securing load balancers
Protection against common security threats (e.g., DDoS attacks)
Configuring access controls and encryption for load balancers
Best practices for load balancer management
Monitoring and logging for load balancing performance
Troubleshooting and incident response in load balancing environments
