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EdH_135054
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Oct 05, 2013

Configuring F5 to use AJP to Tomcat server running hybris

Would like to find out how to properly configure F5 LTM to use AJP protocol when talking to tomcat server running hybris on port 8009.   Traffic is coming in on port 443 (SSL) and I need to offloa...
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JoshBecigneul
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Oct 07, 2013

Personally, I prefer to use Apache in front of Tomcat because I am more familiar with how it behaves (F5 -> Apache -> Tomcat AJP connector).

 

Ultimately it all depends on your needs. F5 -> Tomcat HTTP connector should be perfectly fine for most use cases. A quick search suggests that either method should end up with similar results, but you should test, test, test!

 

What duration were the 20,000 calls made? It is possible that you may have hit a SSL TPS threshold.