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Creating a virtual service

Use Colt® Edge Private Cloud on VMware Cloud FoundationTM to create a virtual service for your load balancer application. Before creating a virtual service, you must have deployed a load balancer application. The process to create a virtual service takes between five and ten minutes the first time. During this time, Colt Edge Private Cloud on VMware Cloud FoundationTM creates the service engines with an IP address on the 192.168.13.0/24 network as well as the 192.168.12.0/24 network. The 192.168.13.0/24 network is used for communication between the controller and the service engines. The 192.168.12.0/24 network is used for communication between the service engines and the client servers.

To create a virtual service:

  1. Click Networking.

    The Colt Edge Private Cloud on VMware Cloud Foundation™ portal shows the Networks screen.
Networking tab.
  1. Click Edge Gateways, then click the edge gateway to create the virtual service for.

    The edge gateway details page appears.
The edge gateway details page.
  1. Click Virtual Services, then click ADD.

    The Add Virtual Service window appears.
The Add Virtual Service window.
  1. In the Add Virtual Service window, complete following fields:
Field Description
Name Type a name for the virtual service.
Description Type a description for the virtual service.
Enabled

Toggle this option to enable the virtual service.
Service Engine Group Click SELECT, select the service engine group, then click SELECT.
Load Balancer Pool Click SELECT, select the load balancer pool, then click SELECT.
Virtual IP Type the virtual IP to use for the virtual service. If you are using an internal virtual IP, type 192.168.12.0/24. AVI has set aside 192.168.12.10-192.168.12.100 for service engine use. For the virtual IP, start with 192.168.12.101 for the IP Address. You cannot build virtual machines on this network. It is only there for virtual IP assignment and service engine use. To see the external IP range and which IP addresses are in use, click located next to the Virtual IP field.
Service Type Select one of the following service types for the virtual service:

  • HTTP—The service uses HTTP connections.
  • HTTPS—The service uses HTTPS connections.
  • L4—The service users Layer 4 (L4) transport layer load balancer connections.
Port Type the port for the virtual service.
  1. Click SAVE.

    Colt Edge Private Cloud on VMware Cloud FoundationTM creates the virtual service.