Configuring the WSM using Device Manager

Virtual hosting configuration overview

The process for configuring virtual hosting based on HTTP Host: headers is described below.

1. The network administrator defines a domain name as part of the 128 supported URL strings.

Both domain names www.company-a.com and www.company-b.com resolve to the same IP address. In this example, the IP address is for a virtual server on the WSM.

2. www.company-a.com and www.company-b.com are defined as URL strings.
3. Server group 1 is configured with servers 1 through 8.

Servers 1 through 4 belong to www.company-a.com and servers 5 through 8 belong to www.company-b.com.

4. The network administrator assigns string www.company-a.com to servers 1 through 4 and string www.company-b.com to servers 5 through 8.
5. The WSM inspects the HTTP host header in requests received from the client.
• If the host header is www.company-a.com, the WSM directs requests to one of the servers 1 through 4.
• If the host header is www.company-b.com, the WSM directs requests to one of the servers 5 through 8.

See also:

• Virtual hosting
• Configuring the host header for virtual hosting
• URL string formats
• URL-based server load balancing
• Content-intelligent switching
• Server load balancing basics
• Virtual server load balancing
• Load balancing special services
• Configuring filters for Layer 4 switching