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raul_rodriguez_
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Apr 07, 2005

Multi-tier application - Maintaining persistence/state

Application Logic:     Client--HTTP-->VIP(tier1)-->Tomcat webserver--TCP:8009-->VIP(tier2)----------->JDK1.4.2_06:Tomcat server     I need to be able to loadbalance both tiers, w...
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drteeth_127330
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Apr 07, 2005
So tomcat is connecting to the tier2 vip? Is tomcat simply forwarding the request? Does it preserve the request headers and cookies? Is it transparent, i.e. does it preserve the client IP address? You should be able to do this with iRules provided that there is some information to persist on.