# websocket configuration

**URL:** <https://community.f5.com/t/websocket-configuration/71661>\
**Category:** Technical Forums\
**Tags:** security\
**Created:** [February 13, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/websocket-configuration/71661 "2023-02-13T20:23:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Poseidon1974](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@Poseidon1974](https://community.f5.com/u/Poseidon1974)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/websocket-configuration/71661/1 "2023-02-13T20:23:17Z")

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Hi

which would be the best practices to configure a websocket application, I mean type of VS, profile etc.

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![mihaic](https://d1p9zq3aats0t8.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.f5.com/mihaic/32/2175_2.png) [@mihaic](https://community.f5.com/u/mihaic)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/websocket-configuration/71661/2 "2023-02-14T09:33:36Z")

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There are websocket profiles. So you might use the default one or create a new one.

here you have more info:

> **[Securing Applications That Use WebSocket](https://techdocs.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_asm/manuals/product/asm-implementations-13-1-0/29.html)**

> **[myF5](https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K14754)**

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**Author:** ![Poseidon1974](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@Poseidon1974](https://community.f5.com/u/Poseidon1974)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/websocket-configuration/71661/3 "2023-03-27T09:11:48Z")

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Solved, wtih ssl offloading.