Table Of Contents
Managing Sticky Groups
Viewing Sticky Groups
Adding a Sticky Group
Editing a Sticky Group
Viewing Cookie Sticky Groups
Adding a Cookie Sticky Group
Editing a Cookie Sticky Group
Viewing Netmask Sticky Groups
Adding a Netmask Sticky Group
Editing a Netmask Sticky Group
Viewing SSL Sticky Groups
Adding an SSL Sticky Group
Editing an SSL Sticky Group
Managing Sticky Groups
Sticky connections limit traffic to individual servers by allowing multiple connections from the same client to stick to the same real server using source IP addresses, source IP subnets, cookies, and the secure socket layer (SSL) or by redirecting these connections using HTTP redirect messages.
Configuring a sticky group involves configuring the attributes of that group and associating it with a policy. This ensures that connections from the same client matching the same policy use the same real server.
The default sticky time value is 1440 minutes (24 hours).
This section contains the following topics:
•
Viewing Sticky Groups
– Adding a Sticky Group
– Editing a Sticky Group
• Viewing Cookie Sticky Groups
– Adding a Cookie Sticky Group
– Editing a Cookie Sticky Group
• Viewing SSL Sticky Groups
– Adding an SSL Sticky Group
– Editing an SSL Sticky Group
• Viewing Netmask Sticky Groups
– Adding a Netmask Sticky Group
– Editing a Netmask Sticky Group
Viewing Sticky Groups
Figure 9-1 Sticky Groups Page
You can view the existing configuration details in the configuration dialog and edit the specified fields.
To view the Sticky Groups:
Step 1 Click Home at the top of the page.
Step 2 Click Policies under Services Dashboard.
Step 3 Select Policies > Sticky Groups from the object selector.
Or:
Step 1 Click Setup from the task bar, then click Policies in the left-most pane.
Step 2 Select Policies > Sticky Groups from the object selector.
The following fields appear:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
Number of the sticky group to which the virtual server belongs.
|
Sticky Type
|
Type of Sticky Group.
The different types are:
•Cookie
•SSL
•Net Mask
|
Timeout
|
Time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
|
Associated Policy
|
The list of policies to which this sticky group is associated.
|
Step 3 When you select any row, the configuration details of the corresponding Sticky Group are displayed with the following fields:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
A unique ID for the sticky group.
|
Name
|
Name of the sticky group.
|
Type
|
Type of sticky group.
The different types are:
•Cookie
•SSL
•Net Mask
|
Value
|
Value of the static sticky.
|
Timeout
|
Time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
|
Static Sticky
|
Value
|
Value of the static sticky.
|
Real Server IP Address
|
IP Address of the real server.
|
Step 4 Select Cookie, SSL, or Netmask from the object selector under Sticky Groups, to view the configuration details of the corresponding Sticky Group.
From the main Sticky Group page, you can access functions to do the following:
•Click Add to add a new Sticky Group. For more information, see "Adding a Sticky Group" section.
•Click Edit to edit a Sticky Group. For more information, see "Editing a Sticky Group" section.
•View an SSL Sticky Group. For more information, see "Viewing SSL Sticky Groups" section.
•View a Netmask Sticky Group. For more information, see "Viewing Netmask Sticky Groups" section.
Adding a Sticky Group
To add a new Sticky Group:
Step 1 Click Home at the top of the page.
Step 2 Click Policies under Services Dashboard.
Step 3 Select Policies > Sticky Groups from the object selector.
Or:
Step 1 Click Setup from the task bar, then click Policies in the left-most pane.
Step 2 Select Sticky Groups from the object selector.
Step 3 Click Add. The Add Sticky Group dialog box appears.
The following fields appear:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky Type
|
From the list, select the type of sticky group. The type can be Cookie, SSL, or Netmask.
|
Sticky ID
|
Enter the unique ID of the sticky group.
|
Name
|
Enter the name of the sticky group.
|
Timeout
|
Enter the time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
|
Static Sticky
|
Value
|
Specify the value of the static sticky.
|
Real Server IP Address
|
IP Address of the real server.
|
From this page, you can access functions to do the following:
•Click Add to add a static sticky by entering the value and the real IP address.
•Select a row and click Delete to delete a static sticky.
Editing a Sticky Group
To edit the configuration values of a selected Sticky Group:
Step 1 Click Home at the top of the page.
Step 2 Click Policies under Services Dashboard.
Step 3 Select Policies > Sticky Groups from the object selector.
Or:
Step 1 Click Setup from the task bar, then click Policies in the left-most pane.
Step 2 Select Sticky Groups from the object selector.
Step 3 Do one of the following:
•Click Edit to edit the configuration values of the selected type of Sticky Group.
•Double click the selected Sticky Group. The fields that appear in the table could vary, depending on the type of Sticky Group selected.
Step 4 To edit a Cookie Sticky Group, see "Editing a Cookie Sticky Group" section.
To edit a Netmask Sticky Group, see "Editing a Netmask Sticky Group" section.
To edit an SSL Sticky Group, see "Editing an SSL Sticky Group" section.
From this page, you can access functions to do the following:
•Click Add to add a static sticky by entering the value and the real IP address.
•Select a row and click Delete to delete a static sticky.
Viewing Cookie Sticky Groups
To view the Cookie Sticky Groups:
Step 1 Click Home at the top of the page.
Step 2 Click Policies under Services Dashboard.
Step 3 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > Cookies from the object selector.
Or:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, then click Policies in the left-most pane.
Step 2 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > Cookies from the object selector.
The following fields appear:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
ID number of the sticky group to which the virtual server belongs.
|
Timeout
|
Time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
|
Associated Policy
|
The list of policies to which this sticky group is associated.
|
Step 3 When you select any row, the configuration details of the corresponding Cookie Sticky Group are displayed with the following fields:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
The unique ID number of the sticky group.
|
Type
|
Type of Sticky Group. Here it would be Cookie.
|
Name
|
Name of the Cookie Sticky Group.
|
Timeout
|
Time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
|
Static Sticky
|
Value
|
Value of the static sticky.
|
Real Server IP Address
|
IP Address of the Real Server.
|
From the main Cookie Sticky Group page, you can access functions to do the following:
•Click Add a new Cookie Sticky Group. For more information, see "Adding a Cookie Sticky Group" section.
•Click Edit a Cookie Sticky Group. For more information, see "Editing a Cookie Sticky Group" section.
•Select a row and click Delete to delete Cookie Sticky Group.
Adding a Cookie Sticky Group
To add a Cookie Sticky Group:
Step 1 Click Home at the top of the page.
Step 2 Click Policies under Services Dashboard.
Step 3 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > Cookies from the object selector.
Step 4 Click Add to add a new Cookie Sticky Group.
Or:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, then click Policies in the left-most pane.
Step 2 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > Cookies from the object selector.
Step 3 Click Add to add a new Cookie Sticky Group.
The following fields appear:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
Enter the ID number of the sticky group to which the virtual server belongs.
|
Name
|
Enter the name of the Cookie Sticky Group.
|
Timeout
|
Enter the time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
|
Static Sticky
|
Value
|
Value of the static sticky.
|
Real Server IP Address
|
IP Address of the Real Server.
|
From this page, you can access functions to do the following:
•Click Add to add a static sticky by entering the value and real server IP address.
•Select a row and click Delete to delete a static route.
Editing a Cookie Sticky Group
To edit a Cookie Sticky Group:
Step 1 Click Home at the top of the page.
Step 2 Click Policies under Services Dashboard.
Step 3 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > Cookies from the object selector.
Step 4 Click Edit to edit a Cookie Sticky Group.
Or:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, then click Policies in the left-most pane.
Step 2 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > Cookies from the object selector.
Step 3 Click Edit to edit a Cookie Sticky Group.
The following fields appear:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
ID number of the sticky group to which the virtual server belongs.
The range is from 0 to 255.
|
Name
|
Enter the name of the Cookie Sticky Group.
The number of characters can range between 1 to 63.
|
Type
|
Type of Sticky Group. Here it will be Cookie.
|
Timeout
|
Enter the time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
The range is from 1 to 65535.
|
Static Sticky
|
Value
|
Value of the static sticky.
|
Real Server IP Address
|
IP Address of the Real Server.
|
From this page, you can access functions to do the following:
•Click Add to add a static sticky by entering the value and real server IP address.
•Select a row and click Delete to delete a static route.
Viewing Netmask Sticky Groups
To view Netmask Sticky Groups:
Step 1 Click Home at the top of the window
Step 2 Click Policies under Services Dashboard.
Step 3 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > Netmask from the object selector.
Or:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, then click Policies in the left-most pane.
Step 2 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > Netmask from the object selector.
The following fields appear:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
ID of the Netmask Sticky Group.
|
Timeout
|
Time (in seconds) to wait, before a connection is considered unreachable.
|
Associated Policy
|
Policy associated with the Netmask Sticky Group.
|
Step 3 When you select any row, the configuration details of the corresponding Netmask Sticky Group are displayed with the following fields:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
ID associated with the Netmask Sticky Group.
|
Type
|
Type of Sticky Group. Here it will be Netmask.
|
Mask Type
|
It can be source, destination or both.
|
Mask
|
Type of IP mask applied. It can be from Class A, Class B, Class C or Class D masks.
If it is not specified, the default for network mask is 255.255.255.255.
|
Timeout
|
Time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
|
Static Sticky
|
Source IP
|
IP address of the source.
|
Destination IP
|
IP address of the destination.
|
Real Server IP
|
IP address of the real server.
|
From this page, you can access functions to do the following:
•Click Add to add a Netmask Sticky Group. For more information, see "Adding a Netmask Sticky Group" section.
•Click Edit to edit a Netmask Sticky Group. For more information, see "Editing a Netmask Sticky Group" section.
•Select a row and click Delete to delete Netmask Sticky Group.
Adding a Netmask Sticky Group
To add a Netmask Sticky Group:
Step 1 Click Home at the top of the page.
Step 2 Click Policies under Services Dashboard.
Step 3 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > Netmask from the object selector.
Step 4 Click Add to add a new Netmask Sticky Group.
Or:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, then click Policies in the left-most pane.
Step 2 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > Netmask from the object selector.
Step 3 Click Add to add a new Netmask Sticky Group.
The following fields appear:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
Enter the ID of the Netmask Sticky Group.
|
Mask Type
|
From the list, select source, destination or both.
|
Mask
|
Specify the type of IP mask to be applied. It can be Class A, Class B, Class C or Class D mask.
If it is not specified, the default for network mask is 255.255.255.255.
|
Timeout
|
Enter the time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
The range is from 1 to 65535.
|
Static Sticky
|
Source IP
|
IP address of the source.
|
Destination IP
|
IP Address of the destination.
|
Real Server IP
|
IP address of the real server.
|
From this page, you can access functions to do the following:
•Add a static sticky by entering the source IP, destination IP and the real server IP address.
•Select a row and click Delete to delete a static sticky.
Editing a Netmask Sticky Group
To edit a Netmask Sticky Group:
Step 1 Click Home at the top of the page.
Step 2 Click Policies under Services Dashboard.
Step 3 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > Netmask from the object selector.
Step 4 Click Edit to edit a Netmask Sticky Group
Or:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, then click Policies in the left-most pane.
Step 2 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > Netmask from the object selector.
Step 3 Click Edit to edit a Netmask Sticky Group.
The following fields appear:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
ID of the Netmask Sticky Group.
|
Type
|
Type of Sticky Group. Here it will be Netmask.
|
Mask Type
|
From the list, select source, destination or both.
|
Mask
|
Specify the type of IP mask to be applied. It can be Class A, Class B, Class C or Class D masks.
If it is not specified, the default for network mask is 255.255.255.255.
|
Timeout
|
Enter the time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
The range is from 1 to 65535.
|
Static Sticky
|
Source IP
|
IP address of the source.
|
Destination IP
|
IP Address of the destination.
|
Real Server IP
|
IP address of the real server.
|
From this page, you can access functions to do the following:
•Click Add to add a static sticky by entering the source IP, destination IP and the real server IP address.
•Select a row and click Delete to delete a static sticky.
Viewing SSL Sticky Groups
To view the SSL Sticky Groups:
Step 1 Click Home at the top of the page.
Step 2 Click Policies under Services Dashboard.
Step 3 Select Policies > Sticky Groups from the object selector.
Or:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, then click Policies in the left-most pane.
Step 2 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > SSL from the object selector. The configuration table of the SSL Sticky Group is displayed.
The following fields appear:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
Number of the sticky group to which the virtual server belongs.
|
Timeout
|
Time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
|
Associated Policy
|
Policy associated with the SSL Sticky Group.
|
Step 3 When you select any row, the configuration details of the corresponding SSL Sticky Group are displayed with the following fields:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
ID of the SSL Sticky Group.
|
Type
|
Type of Sticky Group. Here it will be SSL.
|
Timeout
|
Time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
|
Static Sticky
|
SSL ID
|
ID of the SSL map.
|
Real Server IP Address
|
IP Address of the Real Server.
|
From the main SSL Sticky Group page, you can access functions to do the following:
•Click Add to add a new SSL Sticky Group. For more information, see "Adding an SSL Sticky Group" section.
•Click Edit to edit an SSL Sticky Group. For more information, see "Editing an SSL Sticky Group" section.
•Select a row and click Delete to delete SSL Sticky Group.
Adding an SSL Sticky Group
To create an SSL Sticky Group:
Step 1 Click Home at the top of the page.
Step 2 Click Policies under Services Dashboard.
Step 3 Select Policies > Sticky Groups from the object selector.
Step 4 Click Add to add a new SSL Sticky Group.
Or:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, then click Policies in the left-most pane.
Step 2 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > SSL from the object selector.
Step 3 Click Add to add a new SSL Sticky Group.
The following fields appear:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
Enter the ID of the SSL Sticky Group.
|
Timeout
|
Enter the time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
The range is from 1 to 65535.
|
Static Sticky
|
SSL ID
|
ID of the SSL map.
|
Real Server IP Address
|
IP Address of the Real Server.
|
From this page, you can access functions to do the following:
•Click Add to add a static sticky by entering the SSL ID and real server IP address.
•Select a row and click Delete to delete the static route.
Editing an SSL Sticky Group
To edit an SSL Sticky Group:
Step 1 Click Home at the top of the page.
Step 2 Click Policies under Services Dashboard.
Step 3 Select Policies > Sticky Groups from the object selector.
Or:
Step 1 Click Setup at the top of the window, then click Policies in the left-most pane.
Step 2 Select Policies > Sticky Groups > SSL from the object selector.
Step 3 Click Edit to edit a SSL Sticky Group.
The following fields appear:
Field
|
Action/Description
|
Sticky ID
|
ID associated with the SSL Sticky Group.
|
Type
|
Type of Sticky Group. Here it will be SSL.
|
Timeout
|
Enter the time (in seconds) to wait before a connection is considered unreachable.
The range is from 1 to 65535.
|
Static Sticky
|
SSL ID
|
ID of the SSL map.
|
Real Server IP Address
|
IP Address of the Real Server.
|
From this page, you can access functions to do the following:
•Click Add to add a static sticky by entering the SSL ID and real server IP address.
•Select a row and click Delete to delete a static sticky.
