Persist with multiple cookies

1)It doesn't hurt to have the default pool defined in both places. Best practices from what I've gathered is to define the default pool as a catch-all if you will be doing pool manipulation in an iRule.

 

 

2)Depends on your requirements.

 

 

3)If you are terminating SSL on your 443 virtual, this second rule will put you in a loop if applied to that virtual, as it will redirect to itself continuously. I'd recommend the second rule only be applied to the nonSSL virtual.