Hi,
I have a question regarding the use of "advance-balance arrowpoint-cookie" for sticky load balancing.
My question is whether the string command is necessary in the service in order for sticky load-balancing to work? We noticed recently that it say in the CSS Load-Balancing Configuration Guide that:
"The syntax and options for this content mode command are:
• advanced-balance arrowpoint-cookie - Enables the content rule to stick a
client to a server based on the unique service identifier information of the
selected server in the arrowpoint cookie. Configure the service identifier by
using the (config-service) string command".
We have never used the strings command for existing services and I therefore wonder if we need to change all our services (with content rules that use "advance-balance arrowpoint-cookie") to use the strings command as below:
service Service-1
protocol tcp
port 80
keepalive type tcp
keepalive port 80
ip address 10.10.11.101
string CSS-Service-1
active
service Service-2
protocol tcp
port 80
keepalive type tcp
keepalive port 80
ip address 10.10.11.102
string CSS-Service-2
active
owner Customer-A
content Content-1
vip address 10.10.10.10
balance aca
advanced-balance arrowpoint-cookie
protocol tcp
port 80
url "/*"
add service Service-1
add service Service-2
active
Thanks in advance for your help!
Best regards,
Harry