Under SMP 3.0, I have two SMP servers (clustered) that are running an Agentry application. I need to load balance these two SMP servers. Without a load balancer, the Agentry client would connect to one (or the other) SMP server by using the URL connection of "https://SMPserver1:8081/APPNAME" or "https://SMPserver2:8081/APPNAME".
I am assuming that to set up the load balancer, it will need to accept communications on port 8081 (from the devices) and then pass that traffic into one of the two SMP servers over port 8081. Please confirm or correct this assumption. What protocol does the load balancer need to communicate to the SMP servers (TCP like back at Agentry version 6, and/or some other protocol)?
What would be the URL/connection that the devices would now need to use? Would it be "https://LOADBALANCER:8081/APPNAME"?
And lastly, in a single SMP server environment, there is a certificate (smp_crt.cer) that needs to be installed on the clients in order for it to communicate to the SMP server. Given that the devices are now communicating to the load balancer, does a certificate need to be created for the server LOADBALANCER and then that certificate issued onto the devices? If so, are there instructions as to how that certificate should be created?
Thank you in advance.
Ed