Forum Discussion

Rich_77667's avatar
Rich_77667
Icon for Nimbostratus rankNimbostratus
Jan 29, 2008

Single_TCP_Stream_HTTP_Round_Robin

Hello all,     I'm trying to write an iRule that allows a single tcp-80 connection to be round robin load balanced. So far I;ve tried the following:     when HTTP_REQUEST {   if { [HT...
application delivery
dev
devops
iRules
Rich_77667's avatar
Rich_77667
Icon for Nimbostratus rankNimbostratus
Jan 30, 2008
Unfortunately the TCP stream is not reset after each transaction therefore it is continuous. Due to the nature of TCP being connection orientated, the F5 keeps sending traffic to a single server in the pool. The only way I have been able to load balance so far is to have the developer produce multiple TCP connections.