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Apr 17, 2008

Strange things happening while attempting universal persistence using JSESSIONID

Hi, I'm setting up a Java web application behind a pair of F5 BIG-IP LTMs running operating system version 9.3.1. The application is hosted on a cluster of machines running Resin servlet conta...
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Apr 25, 2008

Posted By hoolio on 04/25/2008 12:58 AM

 

 

aherrman,

 

 

I think the logic is okay. The jsessionid is typically inserted in response redirects and content links before the query string:

 

 

http://somedomain.com/some/path;jsessionid=MYSESSIONID?param1=val1&someotherparam=FOOBAR

 

 

Aaron

 

 

 

Yep, at least the environment we use (Resin 3.0 serving web applications created with Wicket framework) generates URLs containing the sessionid in this format, and the iRule copes with that. I did not have to change the iRule at all to get this working, all that was needed was the OneConnect profile.