> BigIP is not honoring sticky sessions. We want a user that > his server1 for instance, to stay on server1 for the > duration of his/her visit. Users are being logged out at > random because apparently they are getting bounced from > the server they started on (and where their session > variables are) to another server. > > It USED to be fine. What I'm wondering is if there are any > settings I can "suggest" to the network guys to look at. > (I'm only a lowly Web Developer after all. My job is to > be the first to have the finger pointed at him when > ANYTHING on the website goes wrong.) F5 has been unhelpful.
You should be able to simply say to the appropriate people that "BigIP is not honoring sticky sessions". If you can actually demonstrate that, I don't see what else you'll be able to do without significantly restructuring your application code. You can easily build a demonstration case by using some demo pages that return the current server info (name, IP address, whatever), and putting them on each server. I think that the way load-balancers normally enable sticky sessions is by setting a cookie that corresponds with a single server in the cluster, so you should be able to look at the raw HTTP traffic and see whether the cookie is being set. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
