iRules, URL Routing and Cookie Persistance

Okay okay. Hold on a sec. There should be no problems with SSL termination and cookie persistence. In fact, I don't think there are any problems here at all.

 

 

You have configured cookie insert persistence with source address persistence as fallback. First, cookie insert persistence does not create a persistence record. The persistence information is stored in the cookie itself.

 

 

When a client connects to BIG-IP and makes a request, BIG-IP will look for a session persistence cookie. If one is found, it will direct the request to the same server as was used for previous connections. If no persistence cookie is found, it will fall back to source address persistence. This means that it will consult the session persistence table for an entry matching the source IP address. For the first request from a new client, no entry will be present, so BIG-IP will create one. This is why you see the SOURCE ADDRESS AFFINITY records.

 

 

As for the load balancing test, I would expect every request from the same source address to be directed to the same server. That's source address persistence!

 

 

I hope this clears things up...