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May 07, 2015

multi profile uie persistence, match accross VS

hi

I have an application that need to persist on the same backend. The application makes first a HTTPS connection, then a TCP connection and would eventually switch to udp connection. It use its own message ID mechanism and this is present in the HTTP request, the TCP and UDP payload. I wrote 3 irules for universal persistence and all are able to find properly that message id (uid) for the persistence. I have configured a "match accross virtual server" for all 3 persistence profiles. It results that we create a persistence record with the persistence irule of HTTPS-VS but it won't be reused for the tcp or udp connection. Here my irules:

HTTPS:

when HTTP_REQUEST { 
    if { [HTTP::query] starts_with "uid=" } { 
      set uid [findstr [HTTP::query] uid= 4 ]
      if { not (($uid eq "") || ($uid eq "(null)")) }{ 
         persist uie $uid
         log local0. "using persistence for UID ($uid): [persist lookup uie $uid]" 
      }    
    } 
}

TCP:

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
    TCP::collect 24
}
when CLIENT_DATA {
    set offset_header 16
    set clientData [TCP::payload]
    binary scan $clientData @${offset_header}ccii sig ver size UIDdata
    log local0. "sig=[format %x [expr {$sig & 0xFF}]] , ver=$ver, size=$size, UID=$UIDdata"
    persist uie $UIDdata
    log local0. "using persistence for UID ($UIDdata): [persist lookup uie $UIDdata]"
    TCP::release
}

UDP:

when CLIENT_DATA {
    set offset_header 8
    set clientData [UDP::payload 24]
    binary scan $clientData @${offset_header}ccii sig ver size UIDdata
    log local0. "sig=[format %x [expr {$sig & 0xFF}]] , ver=$ver, size=$size, UID=$UIDdata"
    persist uie $UIDdata
    log local0. "using persistence for UID ($UIDdata): [persist lookup uie $UIDdata]"
}

In the logs we see the following:

http_uie : using persistence for UID (4): /Common/HTTPS_Pool 192.168.2.50 443
tcp_uie : sig=ac , ver=8, size=293, UID=4
tcp_uie : using persistence for UID (4):
udp_uie : sig=ad , ver=8, size=59, UID=4
udp_uie : using persistence for UID (4):
udp_uie : sig=ad , ver=8, size=59, UID=4
udp_uie : using persistence for UID (4):

and the persistence table shows the entries

Sys::Persistent Connections 
universal  4  192.168.1.4:443  192.168.2.50:443  (tmm: 1)
universal  4  192.168.1.4:443  192.168.2.50:443  (tmm: 0)
Total records returned: 2 

so my question is: why the subsequent uie persistence doesn't work ?

Thanks

Alex

4 Replies

  • It results that we create a persistence record with the persistence irule of HTTPS-VS but it won't be reused for the tcp or udp connection.

     

    what version are you running? are https, tcp and udp virtual server addresses in the same traffic-group?

     

    BIG-IP 11.4 Behavior Change: Global Data Now Partitioned by Traffic Group by Jason Rahm

     

    https://devcentral.f5.com/articles/big-ip-114-behavior-change-global-data-now-partitioned-by-traffic-group

     

    anyway, about udp virtual server, i think you may have to enable datagram-load-balancing and move irule to CLIENT_ACCEPTED event instead of CLIENT_DATA.

     

  • v11.6. same traffic-group.

     

    i got null lookup result too but it seemed persistence is working. does it work on yours?

     

  • got it.

    e.g.

     http virtual server
    
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm virtual barhttp
    ltm virtual barhttp {
        destination 172.28.24.10:80
        ip-protocol tcp
        mask 255.255.255.255
        persist {
            myuie {
                default yes
            }
        }
        pool foohttp
        profiles {
            http { }
            tcp { }
        }
        rules {
            quxhttp
        }
        source 0.0.0.0/0
        source-address-translation {
            type automap
        }
        vs-index 46
    }
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm pool foohttp
    ltm pool foohttp {
        members {
            200.200.200.101:80 {
                address 200.200.200.101
            }
            200.200.200.111:80 {
                address 200.200.200.111
            }
        }
    }
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm persistence universal myuie
    ltm persistence universal myuie {
        app-service none
        defaults-from universal
        match-across-virtuals enabled
    }
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule quxhttp
    ltm rule quxhttp {
        when HTTP_REQUEST {
      set id [URI::query [HTTP::uri] id]
      persist uie $id
    }
    when HTTP_RESPONSE {
      log local0. "\[persist lookup uie $id\]=[persist lookup uie $id]"
    }
    }
    
     tcp virtual server
    
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm virtual bar999
    ltm virtual bar999 {
        destination 172.28.24.90:999
        ip-protocol tcp
        mask 255.255.255.255
        persist {
            myuie {
                default yes
            }
        }
        pool foo999
        profiles {
            tcp { }
        }
        rules {
            qux999
        }
        source 0.0.0.0/0
        source-address-translation {
            type automap
        }
        vs-index 47
    }
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm pool foo999
    ltm pool foo999 {
        members {
            200.200.200.101:999 {
                address 200.200.200.101
            }
            200.200.200.111:999 {
                address 200.200.200.111
            }
        }
    }
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm persistence universal myuie
    ltm persistence universal myuie {
        app-service none
        defaults-from universal
        match-across-virtuals enabled
    }
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule qux999
    ltm rule qux999 {
        when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
      TCP::collect 1
    }
    when CLIENT_DATA {
      set id [TCP::payload 1]
      persist uie $id
      log local0. "\[persist lookup uie $id\]=[persist lookup uie "$id any"]"
    }
    }
    
     /var/log/ltm
    
    [root@ve11c:Active:In Sync] config  tail -f /var/log/ltm
    May  7 22:45:41 ve11c info tmm[5649]: Rule /Common/quxhttp : [persist lookup uie 1]=/Common/foohttp 200.200.200.101 80
    May  7 22:45:51 ve11c info tmm[5649]: Rule /Common/qux999 : [persist lookup uie 1]=/Common/foohttp 200.200.200.101 80
    
  • i adjusted log command a bit but i cannot edit the previous post, so i post the revised one here.

     http virtual server
    
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm virtual barhttp
    ltm virtual barhttp {
        destination 172.28.24.10:80
        ip-protocol tcp
        mask 255.255.255.255
        persist {
            myuie {
                default yes
            }
        }
        pool foohttp
        profiles {
            http { }
            tcp { }
        }
        rules {
            quxhttp
        }
        source 0.0.0.0/0
        source-address-translation {
            type automap
        }
        vs-index 46
    }
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm pool foohttp
    ltm pool foohttp {
        members {
            200.200.200.101:80 {
                address 200.200.200.101
            }
            200.200.200.111:80 {
                address 200.200.200.111
            }
        }
    }
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm persistence universal myuie
    ltm persistence universal myuie {
        app-service none
        defaults-from universal
        match-across-virtuals enabled
    }
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule quxhttp
    ltm rule quxhttp {
        when HTTP_REQUEST {
      set id [URI::query [HTTP::uri] id]
      persist uie $id
    }
    when HTTP_RESPONSE {
      log local0. "\[persist lookup uie \"$id any\"\]=[persist lookup uie "$id any"]"
    }
    }
    
     tcp virtual server
    
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm virtual bar999
    ltm virtual bar999 {
        destination 172.28.24.90:999
        ip-protocol tcp
        mask 255.255.255.255
        persist {
            myuie {
                default yes
            }
        }
        pool foo999
        profiles {
            tcp { }
        }
        rules {
            qux999
        }
        source 0.0.0.0/0
        source-address-translation {
            type automap
        }
        vs-index 47
    }
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm pool foo999
    ltm pool foo999 {
        members {
            200.200.200.101:999 {
                address 200.200.200.101
            }
            200.200.200.111:999 {
                address 200.200.200.111
            }
        }
    }
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm persistence universal myuie
    ltm persistence universal myuie {
        app-service none
        defaults-from universal
        match-across-virtuals enabled
    }
    root@(ve11c)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule qux999
    ltm rule qux999 {
        when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
      TCP::collect 1
    }
    when CLIENT_DATA {
      set id [TCP::payload 1]
      persist uie $id
      log local0. "\[persist lookup uie \"$id any\"\]=[persist lookup uie "$id any"]"
    }
    }
    
     /var/log/ltm
    
    [root@ve11c:Active:In Sync] config  tail -f /var/log/ltm
    May  7 22:51:31 ve11c info tmm[5649]: Rule /Common/quxhttp : [persist lookup uie "9 any"]=/Common/foohttp 200.200.200.111 80
    May  7 22:51:46 ve11c info tmm[5649]: Rule /Common/qux999 : [persist lookup uie "9 any"]=/Common/foohttp 200.200.200.111 80