Fortinet 258 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
5. Click OK.
6. Click Create New.
A dialog appears.
Type Select the method of distribution that the FortiWeb appliance will use
when forwarding connections to the web servers in this server farm.
•Server Balance — Uses a load-balancing algorithm when
distributing TCP connections amongst the web servers in a server
farm. If a web server is unresponsive to the server health check,
the FortiWeb appliance forwards subsequent connections to
another web server in the server farm. This option is available only
if the FortiWeb appliance is operating in reverse proxy mode.
•HTTP Content Routing — Routes HTTP requests to a specific
web server in a server farm by specifying the Host: or URL line in
the HTTP header. This option applies when Policy Type in a server
policy is Web Protection.
To make this selection effective, you must also configure an HTTP
routing policy. See “Routing based upon URL or “Host:” name” on
page 262.
Note: HTTP-based routing does not rewrite the Host: header or
URL line. If you require this, such as for when you need to
maintain continuity with the same web server for the client’s entire
session, see “Rewriting & redirecting” on page 367.
•Transparent Servers (for true transparent proxy or
transparent inspection) — Allows connections to pass through
the FortiWeb appliance, and apply a protection profile. This option
is available only if the operation mode is either true transparent
proxy or transparent inspection.
•Offline Protection — Receive duplicates of connections to the
server farm and apply an offline protection profile. This option is
available only if operation mode is offline protection.
Setting name Description