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Dan_24402
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusCookie Persistence issue with Dual Persistence
We are having an issue with Dual Cookie Persistence.
We do dual persistence meaning
we have a static and dynamic pool and use two different cookies
The cookie persistent profile looks like this:
profile persist cookie {
mode cookie
mirror disable
timeout immediate
cookie mode insert
cookie name ServerIP
cookie expiration 0d 00:00:00
cookie hash offset 0
cookie hash length 0
across services enable
across virtuals enable
across pools enable
rule none
}
We do the following in an Irule to switch the persistence :
persist cookie insert ServerIP2
HTTP::cookie remove ServerIP
Though we are occasionally seeing session cookies come across as BIGipServer
though no where in the irules or config do we use BIGipServer as a cookie or add the pool name to the cookie name.
I'm wondering if the LTM has that hardcoded internally for some case that we are hitting.
5 Replies
hoolioCirrostratus
Hi,
Do you see the cookies being presented in requests or being set in responses?
Can you post the full rule(s) you're using? If you're specifying custom cookie names LTM should never set a cookie with the default name of BIGipServer.
Aaron
Dan_24402Hey Aaron,
We are seeing the set cookies of the BIGipServer cookies in the response, and then it seems to persist to those instead of the Custom Cookie Name
Here is a sample rule causing it:
rule redirects {
when HTTP_REQUEST {
set eat_cookie 0
set sessioned_req 0
Routes specific folders to specific pools
switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] {
"/static/*" {
persist cookie insert ServerIP2
HTTP::cookie remove ServerIP
pool pool_80
}
"/dynamic/*/content/*" {
set eat_cookie 0
set sessioned_req 1
pool pool_81
}
default {
persist cookie insert ServerIP2
HTTP::cookie remove ServerIP
}
}
}
}- hoolioYou must have a persistence profile enabled on the VIP in order to use cookie insert persistence in an iRule. So for /dynamic/* and /content/* requests, the clients should get a cookie based on the cookie insert persistence profile (because persistence is not specified in the iRule for those cases). If you've configured a custom name on that cookie profile, no default named persistence cookie should be used.
So I don't see where you could be getting a default cookie based on that iRule. If you want to troubleshoot this further you might open a case with F5 Support.
Aaron - Dan_24402Hey Aaron,
you're correct. We are setting the persistence at the VIP level, and trying to override it in the iRule
I agree that no default named persistence cookie should be used, but we are seeing it.
just for completeness and example VIP:
virtual vip_test_http {
destination :http
ip protocol tcp
profile http oneconnect tcp
persist cookie
pool pool_80
rule redirects
}
Off to call F5 Support. - hoolioYeah, based on your config, I don't see how that could be happening. If you figure anything out, can you reply here?
Thanks,
Aaron
