Sungard Luminis Chat Configuration

I have an F5 BigIP LTM v9.3.1 in a one-armed configuration where the VIP's and pools are on the same subnet. I can't figure out the chat part of the Luminis configuration. Note that I do not have the backend servers' gateway as the VIP, nor do I have Direct Server return configured.

 

 

With a Performance Layer 4 configuration on the chat VIP, I get as far as having the chat window come up but the username is not populating in the right-hand window, I can't send messages to the chat window, and then after 15 seconds the window gets a connection cannot be made error. I used wireshark and found the message:

 

GET /jsp/misc/connectionError.jsp from the client to the VIP.

 

 

I tried another configuration, Standard instead of Performance Layer 4, and the chat window stays open and I can type into the chat window, but still the username doesn't show up in the right-hand window and I don't see traffic getting back to the chat pool servers.

 

 

Note that I have a VIP instance for each of the 5 chat ports(9001-9005) which each have a pool that points to their respective server over that port, but I isolated it down to one chat VIP for my testing.

 

 

Below is a printout of my bigip.conf file with Performance Layer 4. I'd appreciate it if anyone could give me feedback on my setup.

 

 

Thanks

 

 

monitor Luminis_8008 {

 

defaults from tcp

 

}

 

monitor Luminis_9001 {

 

defaults from tcp

 

}

 

profile tcp tcp-Luminis-Prod {

 

defaults from tcp

 

slow start disable

 

bandwidth delay disable

 

nagle disable

 

ack on push enable

 

proxy buffer low 98304

 

proxy buffer high 131072

 

idle timeout 1800

 

send buffer 65535

 

recv window 65535

 

}

 

profile http http-Luminis-Prod {

 

defaults from http

 

oneconnect transformations disable

 

}

 

profile persist Cookie-Insert-Luminis-Prod {

 

defaults from cookie

 

mode cookie

 

cookie mode insert

 

}

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-80 {

 

lb method member observed

 

monitor all http

 

member 192.168.1.7:http

 

member 192.168.1.8:http

 

member 192.168.1.9:http

 

member 192.168.1.10:http

 

member 192.168.1.11:http

 

}

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-calendar-6785 {

 

snat disable

 

monitor all tcp

 

member 192.168.1.5:6785

 

}

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-calendar-6788 {

 

snat disable

 

monitor all Luminis_9001

 

member 192.168.1.6:6788

 

}

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-chat-9001 {

 

snat disable

 

monitor all Luminis_9001

 

member 192.168.1.7:9001

 

}

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-chat-9002 {

 

snat disable

 

monitor all Luminis_9001

 

member 192.168.1.8:9002

 

}

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-chat-9003 {

 

snat disable

 

monitor all Luminis_9001

 

member 192.168.1.9:9003

 

}

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-chat-9004 {

 

snat disable

 

monitor all Luminis_9001

 

member 192.168.1.10:9004

 

}

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-chat-9005 {

 

snat disable

 

monitor all Luminis_9001

 

member 192.168.1.11:9005

 

}

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-cpip-8008 {

 

monitor all Luminis_8008

 

member 192.168.1.7:http-alt

 

member 192.168.1.8:http-alt

 

member 192.168.1.9:http-alt

 

member 192.168.1.10:http-alt

 

member 192.168.1.11:http-alt

 

}

 

virtual vip-LuminisProd-443 {

 

destination 192.168.2.12:https

 

snat automap

 

ip protocol tcp

 

profile http-Luminis-Prod tcp-lan-optimized wildcard_ssl_profile

 

persist Cookie-Insert-Luminis-Prod

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-80

 

}

 

virtual vip-LuminisProd-80 {

 

destination 192.168.2.12:http

 

snat automap

 

ip protocol tcp

 

translate service disable

 

profile http-Luminis-Prod tcp-lan-optimized

 

persist Cookie-Insert-Luminis-Prod

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-80

 

}

 

virtual vip-LuminisProd-calendar-6785 {

 

destination 192.168.2.12:6785

 

ip protocol tcp

 

translate service disable

 

profile http tcp

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-calendar-6785

 

}

 

virtual vip-LuminisProd-calendar-6788 {

 

destination 192.168.2.12:6788

 

ip protocol tcp

 

translate service disable

 

profile http tcp

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-calendar-6788

 

}

 

virtual vip-LuminisProd-chat-9001 {

 

destination 192.168.2.12:9001

 

ip protocol tcp

 

translate service disable

 

profile fastL4

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-chat-9001

 

}

 

virtual vip-LuminisProd-chat-9002 {

 

destination 192.168.2.12:9002

 

ip protocol tcp

 

translate service disable

 

profile fastL4

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-chat-9002

 

}

 

virtual vip-LuminisProd-chat-9003 {

 

destination 192.168.2.12:9003

 

ip protocol tcp

 

translate service disable

 

profile fastL4

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-chat-9003

 

}

 

virtual vip-LuminisProd-chat-9004 {

 

destination 192.168.2.12:9004

 

ip protocol tcp

 

translate service disable

 

profile fastL4

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-chat-9004

 

}

 

virtual vip-LuminisProd-chat-9005 {

 

destination 192.168.2.12:9005

 

ip protocol tcp

 

translate service disable

 

profile fastL4

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-chat-9005

 

}

 

virtual vip-LuminisProd-cpip-8008 {

 

destination 192.168.2.12:http-alt

 

snat automap

 

ip protocol tcp

 

translate service disable

 

profile http tcp

 

persist cookie

 

pool pool-LuminisProd-cpip-8008

 

}