Listener

Make WAF listen on specific ports to accept connections and distribute across one or multiple origin servers.

Overview

Listeners are used for configuring websites and servers appropriately that it can help to reduce response time, increase throughput, optimize resource use and overload of any single resource.

Listeners

Adding a Listener

How to Use:

1. Go to Stack > WAF > Listeners

2. Click Add Listener button.

3. Configure your settings.

4. Click Save.

Sub Domain	Website Name	Blank
Reference	Clone existing Listener setting for new sub-domain	Empty
Service Type	Drop-down	HTTP
Origin Servers & port	Server IP’s with listening port(Ex. 8.8.8.8:80)	Blank

Description:

Sub Domain

This option allows user to specify fully qualified domain name of the website. Whenever adding the root domain, ensure it is empty.

Reference

This option allows user to create new listener with different sub-domain by modifying an existing listener. It clones the same configuration in the new listener.

Service Type

This option allows user to specify service type based on the protocol of backend application. The listener/subdomain can be created service type with any of the three protocols i.e. HTTP, TCP, UDP.

Origin Servers

This option allows user to specify IP and listening port of the backend server wherein load balancing occurs. There can be combination of multiple IP and listening port.

Following configurations can be managed by clicking on the newly added listener name.