Caddy

Caddy can be set up to distribute load among the Search servers within the Cluster.

Install caddy service

1. Open a command prompt, go to C:\SearchBloxServer\caddy and run the command
   caddy-service.exe install

2. To start the Caddy service, go to Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools > Services and then Start the Caddy Web Server.

Load Balancer Configuration

1. Open the file Caddyfile under the path <SearchBlox-Installation-Directory>/caddy and add the below sample code configuration as required to setup Load Balancer from Index Server. Provide Search Server1 IP and Search Server2 IP.

:80 {
        # Set this path to your site's directory.
        root * /usr/share/caddy
        # Enable the static file server.
        file_server
        # Another common task is to set up a reverse proxy:
        # reverse_proxy localhost:8080
        reverse_proxy https://Server1_IP:8443 https://Server2_IP:8443 {
                        lb_policy round_robin
                        lb_try_duration 5s
                        health_status 200
                        health_interval 10s
                        fail_duration 30s
          transport http {
            tls
            tls_insecure_skip_verify
          }
        }
}

2. Restart caddy service once by saving Caddyfile.

Uninstall caddy

1. Go to services and Stop the Caddy webserver

2. Open Command Prompt, go to C:\SearchBloxServer\caddy and run the command
   caddy-service.exe uninstall