How do I configure my Firewall to accept traffic from the OVHcloud Load Balancer?
When using the Load Balancer, your clients do not connect directly to your servers. A good practice is to set up a firewall to allow only traffic from the OVHcloud Load Balancer service.
To determine which IPs to allow in your firewall, you can use the following API call:
How do I know the status of my service?
Sometimes it may be useful to know the status of your OVHcloud Load Balancer.
To determine the status of your service, you can use the following API call:
The different statuses of the OVHcloud Load Balancer can be running (Active), reload (Refresh in progress), unknown (Not yet started), or dead (inactive).
How do I add an Additional IP to the OVHcloud Load Balancer?
An Additional IP is an IP that can be joined with your primary IP. The Additional IP can be switched from one server to another in seconds.
To add an Additional IP to an OVHcloud Load Balancer service:
Apply the change:
How to list the Additional IPs routed to the OVHcloud Load Balancer?
GET /ipLoadbalancing/{serviceName}/failover
How do I order a free SSL certificate?
To order a free SSL certificate, you can use the following API call and enter your domain in the fqdn field:
It is possible to order a multi-domain certificate; the fqdn field accepts a string input.
For the order to be completed, the domain name must point to your OVHcloud Load Balancer.
How do I list the SSL certificates associated with the OVHcloud Load Balancer?
To list the SSL certificates associated with the OVHcloud Load Balancer, you can use the following API call:
The SSL certificates that have been ordered (free or not) will appear as built. Those added by you will appear as custom.
An SSL certificate appearing as built_not_routed is a certificate that has been ordered and delivered, but whose domain cannot be validated. Usually, this is because the domain no longer points to the OVHcloud Load Balancer.
To retrieve the details of an SSL certificate, you can use the following API call:
Go further
For more information and tutorials, please see our other OVHcloud Load Balancer guides or explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.