I am testing APM Configurations and i cannot get passed this message. What could be the problem? I have verified that the lic I am using on my LAB VE is up to date. I am running 11.5 currently. Any Input on this would be greatly appreciated. Your session could not be established. Invalid Session ID. Your session may have expired. Thank you for using BIG-IP. To open a new session, please click here.

Two important questions: How many active sessions does it show under Access Policy - Management? What are you doing in this access policy?

whelp for right now i have just one session, which is my own. the only thing I have really tested is using a basic ACL with 3 entries in it.

Just for giggles, can you build a second simpler access policy with a message box: start -> message box -> allow Apply that policy to your VIP and test. If you see the message box and get to the application, then it's a safe bet there's something wrong with the other policy. If you don't see the message box, then we should look at APM as a whole.

I Have tried that Setup and created a new policy and i still get that error. I went back through the configuration of setting the access profile up and applying it to the VIP. and I noticed that I do not have a connectivity profile selected under the access policy section in the vip configuration pane. i am going to look at setting up a basic one.

You wouldn't need a connectivity profile for the simple start->message box->allow policy. It should basically be this policy, an HTTP profile, and a pool assigned to the VIP. Does that still fail? The title of your thread suggests your in APM limited (lite) mode. Is that correct?

APM Limited Mode errors

12 Replies

Kevin_Stewart
Employee
Apr 02, 2014
Two important questions:

How many active sessions does it show under Access Policy - Management?

What are you doing in this access policy?
aspindler34_133
Nimbostratus
Apr 02, 2014
whelp for right now i have just one session, which is my own. the only thing I have really tested is using a basic ACL with 3 entries in it.
Kevin_Stewart
Employee
Apr 02, 2014
Just for giggles, can you build a second simpler access policy with a message box:

start -> message box -> allow

Apply that policy to your VIP and test. If you see the message box and get to the application, then it's a safe bet there's something wrong with the other policy. If you don't see the message box, then we should look at APM as a whole.
aspindler34_133
Nimbostratus
Apr 02, 2014
I Have tried that Setup and created a new policy and i still get that error. I went back through the configuration of setting the access profile up and applying it to the VIP. and I noticed that I do not have a connectivity profile selected under the access policy section in the vip configuration pane. i am going to look at setting up a basic one.
- Kevin_Stewart
  Employee
  Apr 02, 2014
  You wouldn't need a connectivity profile for the simple start->message box->allow policy. It should basically be this policy, an HTTP profile, and a pool assigned to the VIP. Does that still fail? The title of your thread suggests your in APM limited (lite) mode. Is that correct?
aspindler34_133
Nimbostratus
Apr 02, 2014
Right I purchased the 98$ VE lab Edtion and am experimenting with APM. Theoretically I shouldnt have any problem because it is just me creating sessions. unless there is some further restriction on it,
aspindler34_133
Nimbostratus
Apr 09, 2014
I have not been able to make any progress on this. I think its a problem with the F5 not detecting new sessions. But im not sure.
aspindler34_133
Nimbostratus
Apr 09, 2014
I actually made a bit of progress on this, I Have been able to successfully get a somple APM profile to work correctly for an https VIP, I still how ever cannot insert any URIs on the VIP, I get an error that tells me that the BIG-IP cannot find connection information in the request from the client.
- Cameron_Fairbai
  Nimbostratus
  Sep 19, 2014
  I have the exact same issue - how did you fix it?
- Andrew_Husking
  Cirrus
  Sep 22, 2014
  So, from reading this i can see two possible issues. In the cookie section of the APM configuration (where it mentions SSO domains), there is a checkbox called "Secure", if thats ticked, APM won't work without HTTPS and a cert. The other thing is, i've noticed with our APM setup, that occasionally, APM just breaks and won't allow us to start a new session (same error that you mentioned), and the way we got around that was by closing all instances of the browser and re-opening it. We have only ever seen that message when we have been testing things, never on a production instance.
- boneyard
  MVP
  Sep 22, 2014
  please start a new question Cameron Fairbairn 2 if the above reponses dont help you. would be wiser to restart trouble shooting with you. then do it here.