4.6.5 Defining cookie switching

Organization of this subsection
(1) <cookie-switching>
(2) <cookie-switching-enabled>
(3) <cookie-name>
(4) <server-id-rule>
(5) <management-host>
(6) <redundant-management-host>

(1) <cookie-switching>

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The <cookie-switching> tag is specified when using the cookie switching functionality of the load balancer.
This setting enables a series of HTTP requests to be processed by a single Web server or J2EE server.
Specifiable value
--
Omitting tags
Can be omitted.
Omitting values
Can be omitted.

(2) <cookie-switching-enabled>

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The <cookie-switching-enabled> tag is specified when using the cookie switching functionality.
Specifiable value
The following strings can be specified:
  • true
    The <cookie-switching-enabled> tag is specified when using the cookie switching functionality.
  • false
    Specify false if you do not want to use the cookie switching functionality.
Omitting tags
Can be omitted.
Omitting values
Can be omitted.

(3) <cookie-name>

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The <cookie-name> tag specifies a cookie name with a string of 1 to 64 characters.
The permitted name is a combination of alphanumeric characters or underscore (_).
The following name is used by the Web container and is case sensitive:
  • JSESSIONID
Note:
This specification is disabled when you specify ACOS in <load-balancer-type> and API in lb.connect_type.IP-address of lb.properties.
Specifiable value
  • For BIG-IP
    Specify a character string of 64 characters or less with alphanumeric characters or underscore "_". Note that the 1st character must be specified as an upper case or lower case character.
  • For ACOS
    Specify a character string of 63 characters or less with alphanumeric characters or underscore "_".
Omitting tags
Can be omitted.
Omitting values
Can be omitted.

(4) <server-id-rule>

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In version 08-53 or later versions, do not specify a value in this tag. If specified, the value is disabled.
Specifiable value
In version 08-53 or later versions, do not specify a value in this tag. If specified, the value is disabled.
Omitting tags
Can be omitted.
Omitting values
Can be omitted.

(5) <management-host>

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Specifies the management IP address or host name set up in the load balancer.
If the same load balancer is between multiple Web systems, specify the same management IP address or host name in the Web systems sharing the load balancer.
Specifiable value
The following strings can be specified:
  • Host name
    Specifies the management IP address in dot notations (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) where xxx is an integer in the range from 0 to 255.
  • IPv4 address
    The permitted host name is the combination of alphanumeric characters or underscore (_) and hyphen (-).
Omitting tags
Cannot be omitted.
Omitting values
Cannot be omitted.

(6) <redundant-management-host>

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In a system with redundant load balancers, specifies the management IP address or host name set up in the second load balancer.
If the same load balancer is between multiple Web systems, specify the same management IP address or host name in the Web systems sharing the load balancer.
For details about tags specifiable in each definition, see 4.10 Tags that can be specified in the Easy Setup definition file and the configuration change definition files.
Specifiable value
The following strings can be specified:
  • Host name
    The permitted host name is the combination of alphanumeric characters or underscore (_) and hyphen (-).
  • IPv4 address
    Specifies the management IP address in dot notations (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) where xxx is an integer in the range from 0 to 255.
Omitting tags
Can be omitted.
Omitting values
Can be omitted.