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vvskaladhar_488
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NimbostratusLoad balancing suggestion
Hi All,
Can some one Please help me with the problem I have below .
1.We have 4 share point servers need to be load balanced via VIP on ports http,https,ftp
2. my requirement is I want load to be shared to all the servers .and I also need sticky session.
I am Aware that I can go with Round robin as method of load balancing and Persistence ( Cookie, or HASH ) on VIP. but challenge I have here is all my users hitting this vip are coming VIA proxy.
Can some one please suggest me How to achieve my requirement ( Equal Load balancing across the Servers along with Sticky session for users VIA proxy ?)
5 Replies
- Hi,
Cookie insert persistence will still work over a proxy as the browser will re-present the cookie for the duration of the session (default). 
vvskaladhar_488HI ,
Thanks a lot for the help. How about HTTPS ? Will X-forwarding with HASH works ? to serve my requirement ?
Thomas_Schocka1Altocumulus
Hello vvskaladhar,
You will simply need to terminate the SSL on your F5 so you can apply the cookie persistence profile to the virtual server.
You can still use SSL on the backend server if you like.
Kind regards,
Thomas Schockaert- vvskaladhar_488Thanks Thomas,
Do I need to buy Any additional Lisence for Offloading SSL traffic ? What can I do for FTP traffic ?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
kaladahr - Thomas_Schocka1Hi vvskaladhar,
SSL Offloading works without additional licenses being required.
FTP traffic however doesn't lend itself very well as a protocol for being load balanced based on anything other than source address (sure, there are possibilities (iRules), but keeping it simple: there are not).
Kind regards,
Thomas
