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dissapat
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Jun 04, 2024F5 cookie passive method
Hello, I am learning about F5 cookie persistence, and I have searched through many of posts. I curious that when we use cookie passive method, how can F5 know that which client belongs to which ser...
dissapat
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Jun 10, 2024But when client send traffic to F5, how F5 knows that which server that the traffic need to be sent?
c_fletcher
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Jun 10, 2024Each server is configured to send the client a cookie that indicates which pool member to use for any further communication during the session. If the server is not configured to issue a cookie in the correct format, passive mode persistence will not work properly.
The cookie uses the format detailed in this article: K6917: Overview of BIG-IP persistence cookie encoding
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