[f-nsp] Configuring session persistence in ServerIron 4G

[Sujith]

Thanks for your suggestion.  I did not prefer do this. But tried to check
whether am i achieving the persistence or not.

Can we achieve this with any other work around?

Thanks
-Sujith




On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Scott T. Cameron <routehero at gmail.com>wrote:

> port http sticky and cookie insertion are mutually exclusive.  Basically,
> sticky will override the cookies.
>
> The implication is that any group of users who use the same IP address
> (proxy or ISP NAT) will all be stuck to the same server, rather than an
> accurate loadbalance based on real users.
>
> There may be other implications, but that one is usually the important one.
>  If you have only 10 users, and those 10 users all come from 1 IP address,
> they will only ever hit 1 real server.
>
> Scott
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Sujith <jith787 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> As Scott suggested, i have configured the virtual server with port http
>> cookie-name ServerID with port http sticky option to get it working.
>>
>> At present, I am not facing any connection timeout or error from the
>> application perspective.
>>
>> Is there any other implications on adding the sticky options?
>>
>> Need your valuable suggestions!!!
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Sujith
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Sujith <jith787 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Scott,
>>>
>>> I just tested with the below recommendations and still I am getting the
>>> error on entering the login credentials.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> -Sujith
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Scott T. Cameron <routehero at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> You need 'port http cookie-name ServerID' on the vserver.
>>>>
>>>> You'll probably also want to change no-http-downgrade to port http
>>>> keepalive.
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Sujith <jith787 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you very much for all your suggestions.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have attached the running configuration along with this email.  The
>>>>> configured rule no. 30 and rule no . 31 is configured for server
>>>>> persistence.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know if there is anything wrong with the configuration.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> -Sujith
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Scott T. Cameron <routehero at gmail.com
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There's not really any good technical reason for not inserting a
>>>>>> cookie.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, you can enable IP-based sticky via 'port # sticky' on the
>>>>>> virtual server.  This can lead to very imbalanced traffic if any users
>>>>>> behind large NATs/proxies connect to your website.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Those are your only two options as far as persistence is concerned.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Sujith <jith787 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for your valuable time and suggestions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a website hosted on 3 servers and the servers are load
>>>>>>> balanced using ServerIron 4G-SSL using a round-robin predictor.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I need to configure certain URL to be persistent on single server for
>>>>>>> the complete session initiated by the Client to the server.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The web application are written in asp.net and the client is very
>>>>>>> much sure of not inserting cookies into the client browser.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The problem i am hitting at it is, whenever i hit the URL from the
>>>>>>> client browser, i get the http page from the server where i have to give the
>>>>>>> username and password.  Once the credentials are entered, i get a error page
>>>>>>> and i believe it is redirected to another server on round robin and the
>>>>>>> persistence is lost.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I run through the Foundry guide and brocade community portal for
>>>>>>> cookie switching. At present, i tried to do a cookie switching given exactly
>>>>>>> in the brocade portal for cookie switching. This solution works sometime and
>>>>>>> suddenly it does not work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have not tried or tested on other solutions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also please let me know, if we can track or troubleshoot from the
>>>>>>> ServerIron perspective. I did not
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If the above explanation is not clear, please let me know.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> -Sujith
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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