Adding real servers


Virtual Server	Select the virtual server that will send sessions to this real server.
IP Address	Enter the IP address of the real server.
Port	Enter the port number on the destination network to which the external port number is mapped.
Weight	Enter the weight value of the real server. The higher the weight value, the higher the percentage of connections the server will handle. A range of 1‑255 can be used. This option is available only if the associated virtual server’s load balance method is Weighted.
Max Connections	Enter the limit on the number of active connections directed to a real server. A range of 1-99999 can be used. If the maximum number of connections is reached for the real server, the FortiGate unit will automatically switch all further connection requests to another server until the connection number drops below the specified limit. Setting Maximum Connections to 0 means that the FortiGate unit does not limit the number of connections to the real server.
HTTP Host	Enter the HTTP header for load balancing across multiple real servers. This feature is used for load balancing HTTP host connections across multiple real servers using the host’s HTTP header to guide the connection to the correct real server, providing better load balancing for those specific connections.
Mode	Select a mode for the real server.

To add a real server from the CLI you configure a virtual server and add real servers to it. For example, to add three real servers to a virtual server that load balances UDP sessions on port 8190 using weighted load balancing. For each real server the port is not changed. The default real server port is 0 resulting in the traffic being sent the real server with destination port 8190. Each real sever is given a different weight. Servers with higher weights have a max-connections limit to prevent too many sessions from being sent to them.