Editing a Network Load Balancer Backend Set

Update the configuration of a backend set for a network load balancer.

Note

Changing the load balancing policy of a backend set temporarily interrupts traffic and can drop active connections.

    1. Open the navigation menu, click Networking, and then click Load balancers. Click Network load balancer. The Network load balancers page appears.
    2. Select the Compartment from the list. All network load balancers in that compartment are listed in tabular form.
    3. Select a State from the list to limit the network load balancers displayed to that state.
    4. Select the network load balancer containing the backend set that you want to edit. The network load balancer's Details page appears.
    5. Click Backend sets under Resources. The Backend sets list appears. All backend sets are listed in tabular form.
    6. Click the backend set that you want to edit. The backend set's Details page appears.
    7. Click Edit. You can also click the Actions menu (Actions Menu) for the backend set you want to edit and select Edit. The Edit backend set dialog box appears.
    8. Edit any of the following:
      • Specify a load balancing policy: Select a different policy from the following:
        • 5-Tuple hash: This policy distributes incoming traffic based on 5-Tuple (source IP and port, destination IP and port, protocol) hash.

        • 3-Tuple hash: This policy ensures that requests from a particular client are always directed to the same backend server based on 3-Tuple (source IP, destination IP, protocol) hash.

        • 2-Tuple hash: This policy routes incoming traffic to the same backend server based on 2-Tuple (source/destination) hash.

      • Preserve source IP: Check to preserve the header information (IP addresses and ports) of incoming packets all the way to the backend server. Clear to disable this feature.
    9. Click Save changes.
  • Use the oci nlb backend-set update command and required parameters to edit a network load balancer's backend set:

    oci nlb backend-set update --backend-set-name backend_set_name --network-load-balancer-id network_load-balancer_ocid [OPTIONS]

    For a complete list of parameters and values for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.

  • Run the UpdateBackendSet operation to edit a backend set for a network load balancer.