persistent session

[Datacom1]

I have a noob question. I have web servers that are hitting an f5 for round robin load balancing to a pool of applications servers. I need to configure the f5 so when a web server hits the f5, that it keeps going to the same application server the entire session.

[Dario_Garrido]

Hello.

Your best option is to use cookie (session) persistence. You have some different flavours. I recommend you to check this out:

​https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K83419154

Regards,

Dario.

[Datacom1]

Would this work between 2 servers with an f5 between them?. The whole chain is client --> f5 --> web server --> 2nd f5 --> application server.

With how the application server programmers have it coded. The client has to hit the same web server and application server during the session.

[Dario_Garrido]

Definitely. In that you should have to apply persistence in both devices. Decrypting (SSL Bridging) could be mandatory depends on the scenario.

Regards,

Dario.