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Will_'s avatar
Will_
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Mar 16, 2012

Persistence Records and Cookie Insert

Hi,

 

I do not see persistence records when configuring Cookie Method "HTTP Cookie Insert" (regardless of setting session or timer), and do see them with "Cookie Hash" and "Source Address " persistence.

 

 

I searched the usual locations and cannot locate an explanation. Does the group here have an explanation?

 

 

Thanks
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  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
    Icon for Cirrostratus rankCirrostratus
    Mar 16, 2012
    Hi,

     

     

    The advantage to using cookie insert persistence is that the cookie is the persistence record. LTM doesn't need to maintain a record in its memory as the client is responsible for providing the cookie which has an encoding of the pool member IP:port.

     

     

    sol6917: Overview of BIG-IP persistence cookie encoding

     

    https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/6000/900/sol6917.html

     

     

    Aaron