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I am looking to create a load balancing server. Essentially here is what I want to do:

I have a public IP address, lets say 1.1.1.1 I have a second public IP address, lets say 2.2.2.2. I have a website, www.f.com point to 1.1.1.1 via an A record. I want that Ubuntu server to forward traffic like this:

  • Port 80 traffic is forwarded to 2.2.2.2 on port 60,000 and port 60,001.
  • Port 443 traffic is forwaded to 2.2.2.2 on port 60,010 and port 60,011.
  • Port 25 traffic is forwared to 2.2.2.2 on port 60,020 and port 60,021

The port forwarding is more important then being able to load balance.

I look forward to some responses. Both server 1.1.1.1 and 2.2.2.2 are both running Ubuntu 12.04 server edition.

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    This seems more like a proxy setup and less of a load balancer...you can use iptables to do forwarding for you.
    – sparticvs
    Dec 3, 2012 at 4:29
  • Is it necessary to keep into account whether the destination port is up? If not, iptables DNAT rules should be able to do it...
    – Gert van den Berg
    Dec 3, 2012 at 6:27
  • using LVS would make more sense here than iptables
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    Nov 16, 2015 at 7:40

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I would recommend Pound (http://www.apsis.ch/pound). It's lightweight, easy to configure, handles https quick and efficient, and does exactly what you want.

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If you are looking to load balance data. I might recomend you to use varnish. It is easy to install and set and easy to add nodes later

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If you want to serve HTTP or raw TCP traffic, HAProxy might be a good option to you. It satisfies all the conditions you provided above.

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