Depending on your use case, you might run into a situation whereby you need to share your public IP address with another host/domain. In these instances, Server Name Indication (SNI) will be used to choose the correct backend service to respond to the request.
With Snapt Aria, we support this on the Web Accelerator, as well as the Load Balancer. We’ll now have a look at how to setup host/domain-based routing on the Web Server Accelerator.
HTTP Server (Frontend)
Step 1: Edit your HTTP Server (Frontend)
Navigate to Accelerator > HTTP Server (Frontend) and click on “Settings” for the frontend you’d like to edit.
Step 2: Add your host
Now look for “Server [Host] Name” section and key in your domain name (i.e. snapt.net, *.snapt.net
Scroll down and click on “Save”
Step 3: Select your preferred upstream
Now you can select your preferred upstream, this might be a frontend/group on the virtual Load Balancer or your direct upstreams servers.
Step 4: Reload
Remember to reload the Web Accelerator to apply the config change into action.
SSL Server (Frontend)
Step 1: Edit your SSL Server (Frontend)
Navigate to Accelerator > SSL Server (Frontend) and click on “Settings” for the frontend you’d like to edit.
Step 2: Add your host
Now look for “Server [Host] Name” section and key in your domain name (i.e. snapt.net, *.snapt.net)
Before clicking on “Save”, ensure that you have the correct SSL Certificate and Key selected for the hostname. And when making use of wildcard domain (i.e. *.snapt.net) also ensure that your certificate is a wildcard certificate.
Scroll down and click on “Save”
Step 3: Select your preferred upstream
You can now select your preferred upstream, this might be a frontend/group on the virtual Load Balancer or your direct upstreams servers.
With SSL Frontend, should the use case require you to send traffic further upstream in HTTPS, you can select the protocol and change it to HTTPS
Step 4: Reload
Remember to reload the Web Accelerator to apply the config change into action.