Persistence Profile on BIG-IP
BIG-IP has feature persistence profile, it uses for keep existing session on a member.
For example :
Pool have 2 members (A and B), for example request will redirect to A, but sometimes it can redirected to B for a while, it cause client losing connection to A.
How to create persistence profile based on source address.
- Go to Local Traffic -> Virtual Servers -> Profiles -> Persistence
- Click create to make a new persistence profile
- Change Persistence Type to "Source Address Affinity"
- Make sure that Parent Profile "source_addr"
- Don't forget to give a name to your new profile
Assigning Persistence Profile to Virtual Servers.
- Go to one of your virtual servers, and then go to tab "Resources"
- Assign Default Persistence Profile with your new persistence profile.