(Optional) Configuring Sticky Session

This section describes how to configure sticky session for SLB on the web UI.

Configuring Sticky Session

Choose Policy > Server Load Balancing > Sticky Session.
In Sticky Session List, click Add.

Configure sticky session.

Parameter	Description
Name	Name of a sticky session
Type	Type of sticky session algorithm. There are three types of sticky session algorithm, namely, source IP, Cookie, and SSL session ID. For details, see Sticky Session. If the sticky session algorithm type is Cookie, you can configure three sticky session modes, namely, insert, passive, and rewrite, and choose to set a Cookie Name. Different Cookie-based sticky session algorithms have different Cookie names.
Timeout	Aging time of entries in the sticky session list Source IP: The default time is 180s. Cookie: The default time is 600s. SSL session ID: The default time is 300s.

Parameter

Description

Name

Name of a sticky session

Type

Type of sticky session algorithm. There are three types of sticky session algorithm, namely, source IP, Cookie, and SSL session ID. For details, see Sticky Session.

If the sticky session algorithm type is Cookie, you can configure three sticky session modes, namely, insert, passive, and rewrite, and choose to set a Cookie Name. Different Cookie-based sticky session algorithms have different Cookie names.

Timeout

Aging time of entries in the sticky session list

Source IP: The default time is 180s.
Cookie: The default time is 600s.
SSL session ID: The default time is 300s.

Click OK.

Sticky Session List

After configuring Sticky Session, you can view sticky session configuration in Sticky Session List.

Parameter	Description
Name	Name of the sticky session algorithm.
Type	Sticky session type.
Timeout	Timeout time of the session.
Hold Mode	Hold mode of a Cookie-based sticky session
Cookie Name	Cookie name. This parameter is set only when the Cookie-based sticky session algorithm is used.
Edit	This parameter is used to edit sticky session configuration.