ARR - Add a server to Load Balancer.

Step 1 – Create a server farm in Application Request Routing

To create and define a server farm using the UI:

***You need to have made and an external DNS entry pointing to the appropriate external IP of the load balancer.

 

1. Launch IIS Manager on the ARR server. We will be using TMNLB13 for this demonstration.

 

2. Application Request Routing is a server level feature. Select and expand the root of the server.

3. To create a server farm, right-click Server Farms, and then select Create Server Farm....

 

4. Enter a name for the server farm. In the example below, Webserver is the name of the server farm. Click Next.

5. The next step is to add servers to the server farm. On the Add Server page of the wizard, add as many application servers as needed. Click Finish to create the server farm with the entered application servers as the server farm members.

 

6. You have successfully created a server group with application servers as its members.

 

Step 2 – Configure server farm properties for Application Request Routing

To configure server farm properties using the UI:

1. Select the server farm, Webserver. The following icons are shown:

Verify settings of each as shown in pics below. You can reference an existing working example as well.

 

 

 

Caching:

 

 

 

Health Test:

 

 

Load Balance:

 

 

 

 

Proxy:

Routing Rules:

 

Server Affinity:

 

 

 

Step 3 – Configure server farm URL rewrite.

1. Select and expand the root of the server. Select URL Rewrite.

 

 

 

2. Let’s disable the unsecure HTTP inbound rule.

 

 

3. Time to edit the SSL (HTTPS) enabled rule to accept the HTTP traffic

Double Click the enabled SSL inbound rule

 

 

 

4.             It should look like the others.

      

 

5. Test application.