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cory_seaborn_17
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May 07, 2015

Cookie persistence via iRule

I've read a few articles about accomplishing this but nothing that has really suited my needs so far. At a high level, we have a 'shared' vserver that we use for multiple services. We load balance ...
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cory_seaborn_17
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May 07, 2015

Thanks for the info, sfuerst.

 

Just noticed that same article says 'Note: The following persistence methods require a corresponding persistence profile be added to the virtual server: ssl, msrdp, cookie.' Sounds like there's no way around this then?

 

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sfuerst_116779
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May 07, 2015
Yes, you'll need a cookie persistence profile in order to use cookie persistence. Note that you can manually apply more than one persist profile to a virtual. (The gui doesn't let you do this, but it is useful when selecting between types of persistence via an iRule.)