What is the primary purpose of the ip_hash load balancing algorithm?

To send requests to the server with the fewest active connections

To ensure that requests from the same client IP are sent to the same server

To randomly select a server for each request

To distribute requests evenly based on server response times

How does the random load balancing algorithm select a server?

It selects the server with the lowest response time.

It selects the server with the fewest active connections.

It selects servers in a fixed circular order.

It selects a server randomly, optionally considering weights.

What is the purpose of active health checks in NGINX Plus?

To encrypt traffic between NGINX and backend servers

To periodically send requests to backend servers to verify they are healthy

To balance the load based on server response times

To log all requests sent to backend servers

What is the effect of marking a server as 'down' in the upstream configuration?

NGINX reduces the server's weight to zero but still sends some traffic

NGINX sends all traffic to that server to test its health

NGINX stops sending new requests to that server until it is marked up again

NGINX automatically restarts the backend server

F5 Certified Administrator NGINX - Configuration:Knowledge

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