Manual Chapter : SSL Persistence

Applies To:

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BIG-IP AAM

  • 14.1.2, 14.1.0

BIG-IP APM

  • 14.1.2, 14.1.0

BIG-IP Analytics

  • 14.1.2, 14.1.0

BIG-IP Link Controller

  • 14.1.2, 14.1.0

BIG-IP LTM

  • 14.1.2, 14.1.0

BIG-IP PEM

  • 14.1.2, 14.1.0

BIG-IP AFM

  • 14.1.2, 14.1.0

BIG-IP DNS

  • 14.1.2, 14.1.0

BIG-IP ASM

  • 14.1.2, 14.1.0
Manual Chapter

SSL Persistence

SSL Persistence

Criteria for session persistence

For most persistence types, you can specify the criteria that the BIG-IP® system uses to send all requests from a given client to the same pool member. These criteria are based on the virtual server or servers that are hosting the client connection. To specify these criteria, you configure the Match Across Services, Match Across Virtual Servers, and Match Across Poolssettings contained within persistence profiles. Before configuring a persistence profile, it is helpful to understand these settings.

Note: For the Cookie persistence type, these global settings are only available the Cookie Hash method specifically.

Creating an SSL persistence profile

You create an SSL persistence profile when you want to customize the way that the BIG-IPsystem persists SSL traffic.
Important: The BIG-IP system includes a default SSL persistence profile named ssl. If you do not need to customize the way that the system persists SSL traffic, you can skip this task. Instead, simply use the Default Persistence Profile setting on the relevant virtual server to specify the default ssl profile.
  1. On the Main tab, click Local Traffic > Profiles > Persistence .
    The Persistence profile list screen opens.
  2. Click Create.
    The New Persistence Profile screen opens.
  3. In the Name field, type a unique name for the profile.
  4. From the Persistence Type list, select SSL.
  5. For the Parent Profile setting, confirm that ssl appears.
  6. Select the Custom check box.
  7. Configure settings as needed.
  8. Click Finished.
The custom SSL persistence profile now appears in the persistence profiles list.
After creating a persistence profile, you must assign the profile to the relevant virtual server.