Are you referrring to GTM or LTM. I have looked into it and even talked to F5 but currently they don't have this functionality for Prod. On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Igor Cicimov <icicimov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi guys, > > Just scanned through the thread quickly so not sure if this makes any sense > but what about F5 source IP stickiness? > > Cheers, > Igor > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 3:34 AM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanchlia@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> Currently, the load balancer don't provide the user >> stickyness/persistence for 'x' amount of time. At this point only >> option I see is that of creating a custom solution. It looks like >> there is no good solution. >> >> Problem here is User can be directed to any site by load balancer in >> active active scenario where load is being balanced as 1:1 ratio. >> >> Cookie was a good option but doesn;t work for non-browser client where >> browser connection to server A and then server A then make Http >> request. So in essence it's the ip of server A that is making the >> request and there is no way to use cookies in such scenarios. >> >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Ben Timby <btimby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanchlia@xxxxxxxxx> >> > wrote: >> >> Thanks! We are using F5 GTM as global load balancer with LTM. So >> >> global load balancing is not a problem. Problem is user stickyness >> >> that need to persist beyond individual session. >> >> >> >> I forgot to mention that the problem is that these connections come >> >> from the servers using http rather than browser and that's why cookies >> >> here will probably not work. >> > >> > Then you will have to review your load balancer docs and see what >> > options are available and go from there. A common load balancing >> > method is SOURCE, where the source of the request is hashed to >> > determine the backend server to direct the request to. This would >> > ensure the same source always hits the same backend (as long as it is >> > available). The downside to this method is that upstream proxies hide >> > the client's IP address and undermine the load balancing effectiveness >> > of this method. However, you know the user (or group of users) will be >> > sticky. >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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