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Manual Chapter : Create a custom HTTP/2 profile

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Create a custom HTTP/2 profile

Part of creating an HTTP/2 full-proxy configuration is to create an HTTP/2 profile that you can use for both client-side and server-side application traffic. When you assign the profile to a virtual server, the BIG-IP system applies the settings in the profile to the traffic.
For the most expedient HTTP/2 full-proxy configuration, you can create a single HTTP/2 profile that the BIG-IP system will apply to both client-side and server-side HTTP/2 traffic. Alternatively, if you want the BIG-IP system to manage client-side and server-side traffic in different ways, you can create two separate HTTP/2 profiles and configure the settings differently in each profile.
  1. On the Main tab, click
    Local Traffic
    Profiles
    Services
    HTTP/2
    .
  2. Click
    Create
    .
  3. Type a
    Name
     for the profile, such as
    my_http2_profile
    .
  4. For the
    Parent Profile
     setting, retain the default value
    http2
    , or select a different profile.
    This setting specifies the profile that you want to use as the parent profile. Your new profile inherits all settings and values from the parent profile that you select.
  5. From the
    Settings
     list, you can select
    Advanced
     to view the advanced settings.
    This setting is optional, depending on the settings you want to configure.
  6. On the far-right side of the screen, select the
    Custom
     check box.
  7. In the
    Concurrent Streams Per Connection
     field, retain or change the numeric value.
    This setting specifies how many concurrent requests are allowed to be outstanding on a single HTTP/2 connection.
  8. In the
    Connection Idle Timeout
     field, retain or change the numeric value.
    This setting specifies the number of seconds that a connection is idle before the connection is eligible for deletion.
  9. From the
    Insert Header
     list, retain the default value of
    Disabled
    , or select
    Enabled
    .
    This setting specifies whether the BIG-IP system should add an HTTP header to the HTTP request to show that the request was received over HTTP/2.
  10. In the
    Insert Header Name
     field, retain the default value or, if the
    Insert Header
     setting is enabled, change the header name.
    This setting specifies the name of the header that the BIG-IP system will add to the HTTP request when the
    Insert Header
     is enabled.
  11. From the
    Enforce TLS Requirements
     list, ensure that
    Enabled
    . is selected.
    Enforcing TLS requirements is required for successful HTTP/2 full-proxy deployment.
  12. Forthe
    Activation Modes
     setting, retain the default value of
    ALPN
     (Application Layer Protocol Negotiation) or select
    Always
    .
    This setting specifies the condition that will cause the BIG-IP system to handle an incoming connection as an HTTP/2 connection.
  13. In the
    Frame Size
     field, retain the default value of
    2048
    , or change the value.
    This setting specifies the size, in bytes, of the data frames that HTTP/2 will produce.
  14. In the
    Receive Window
     field, retain the default numeric value of
    32
    , or change the numeric value.
    This setting specifies, in kilobytes, the size of the receive window for HTTP/2 flow-control.
  15. In the
    Write Size
     field, retain the default numeric value of
    16384
    , or change the numeric value.
    This setting specifies the size, in bytes, of the SSL records that HTTP/2 will produce.
  16. In the
    Header Table Size
     field, retain the default numeric value of
    4096
    , or change the numeric value.
    This setting specifies the table size that the BIG-IP system will use for the compression of headers (unused).
  17. If you want the BIG-IP system to manage server-side traffic differently from client-side traffic, click
    Repeat
     and create another HTTP/2 profile.
  18. Click
    Finished
    .
Any custom HTTP/2 profile that you have created now appears on the HTTP/2 profile list screen and is ready for you to assign to a virtual server.
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