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Jonathan_Chong_
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusLoad balance issue with proxy servers
I would like to know what should I do to implement sticky persistence with F5, where all my clients are connected through proxy servers to my F5/Web servers.
I had tried to enable X-Forwarded-For setting and set "Source Address Persistence". But all (most) requests still go to one server where the other with very minimum hits.
Did I miss anything else?
I read in this forum about writing IRules but I am totally lost with its syntax. Is there any example that I could refer to?
Thanks in advance.
kykong_107132hi,
maybe you can try destination address affinity persistence instead or source address.
regards,
Jonathan_Chong_I tried that too and most requests still go to one server.
Is that mean I can't have load balance AND session persistance together with F5 when connections are coming from proxy servers? It has to be either one. Which mean F5 investment is totally a waste?
Hopefully F5 technical support out there could help my situation.- Couldn't you use something like cookie persistence? Note: This is a link to the user's guide, and requires a login for tech.f5.com - Click here
HTH,
Colin 
NikhilBEmployee
Have you enabled Least sessions LB with your persistence method?
