SSL Offloading + X-Forwarding + Cookie persistence
Hi all,
I have a BIGIP LTM 1600 with software version 11.3
For the virtual server (for the use of Blackboard and ELEUM) we have some issues. Clients who have an open session get session errors when they get a different IP address when they move around.
The support team of BlackBoard advices to use cookie based persistence with x-forwarding. Unfortunately they haven't got a manual for the F5.
Correct me if i'm wrong, when i want to use cookie persistence i need to do SSL offloading due the fact that the VIP and REAL Servers use HTTPS.
This is what i tried:
Configured a Client SSL Profile, created a HTTP profile with Redirect Rewrite All and Insert X-Forwarded-For enabled. Results in TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS
Tried to use an iRule instead of the HTTP profile
when HTTP_REQUEST {
HTTP::header insert "X-Forwarded-Proto" "https";
}
Results in a connection time out
I haven't tried to insert a cookie yet.
How can i check if the SSL offload is correct?
What do i need to change on the server side?
How to insert Cookies?
Thanks in advance for reading and help!
Regards,
Ruud