Load Balancer FAQ
FAQ Load Balancer
FAQ Load Balancer
When using the Load Balancer, your clients do not connect directly to your servers. A good practice is to setup a firewall to allow only traffic from the OVHcloud Load Balancer service.
Sometimes it may be useful to know the status of your OVHcloud Load Balancer.
The different statuses of the OVHcloud Load Balancer can be running
(Active), reload
(Refresh in progress), unknown
(Not yet started), or dead
(inactive).
An Additional IP is an additional IP in which can be joined with your primary IP. The Additional IP can be switched from one server to another in seconds.
It is possible to order a free SSL ceritificate for the OVHcloud Load Balancer..
fqdn
field:It is possible to order a multi-domain certificate; the fqdn
fields accepts a sting type input.
For the orer to be completed, it is required that the domain name points to your OVHcloud Load Balancer.
The SSL certificates that have been ordered (free or not) will appear as built
. Those added by yourself are will appear as custom
.
A SSL certificate appearing as built_not_routed
is a certificate that has been order and delivered, but whose domain cannot be validated. Usually, this is becasue the domain to longer points to the OVHcloud Load Balancer.
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