2.6 Installation of the Load Balancer

This load balancer product is intended to distribute incoming iRAPP/RDP connections to a number of workers using one of the supported load balancing algorithms.

Start by downloading the Load Balancer file here:  rapproxy-apple-darwin-osx-10.5-20110204.zip

Installation Steps:

• Unpack setup package to a directory.
• Open Terminal and go to the setup directory.
• Run setup script using the following command: sudo sh rapproxy_mac_install
• Create configuration file /etc/irapp/rapproxyd.cfg, based on sample /etc/irapp/rapproxyd.cfg.sample
• Start iRAPP Proxy daemon using rapproxyctl: rapproxyctl start -w
• Check log messages at syslog and /var/log/rapproxyd.log

Configuring and Administration:

• During configuration, you can stop iRAPP Proxy daemon by using the command "rapproxyctl stop -w" and launching it in verbose mode with output to console, e.g: /usr/sbin/rapproxyd -lc -lv
• Use the following command to see additional options: /usr/sbin/rapproxyd -h
• To change daemon startup rules, edit its plist file: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.coderebel.rapproxyd.plist

Uninstallation Steps:

• Open Terminal and go to the setup directory.
• Run the following command: sudo sh rapproxy_mac_uninstall