Open Telekom Cloud (OTC) is an international, large-scale, public OpenStack Powered Platform from Deutsche Telekom supported and operated by T-Systems out of Europe. It has been designed for simplicity, security, compliance, affordability, and openness.

OTC customers can now use the LoadMaster for enhanced load balancing that offers additional security features and advanced load balancing capabilities in an easily-managed solution. Compared to Elastic Load Balancing on OTC, the LoadMaster makes it easy to provide the best performance and security for your applications and simplifies operation with management using a web interface or using an Application Programming Interface (API).

The LoadMaster feature highlights are as follows:

  • Web Application Firewall (WAF) to protect applications against attack
  • Pre-authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO) of users
  • Advanced health checking for better detection of server outages
  • Content rules for intelligent traffic management and control
  • Advanced session persistence and load balancing options including cookies
  • Support for multiple digital certificates and Server Name Indication (SNI)
  • Pre-defined application templates for quick setup
  • Manage using a web interface or using an API

LoadMaster is an OTC-approved solution that delivers security, resilience and application availability to over 10,000 customers worldwide.