Coyote Point Systems Equalizer GX Series, Administration Manual

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Cookie Parameters
The
Cookie Parameters
pane will expand if a cookie scheme is enabled.
Cookie age
The Cookie age sets the time, in seconds, over which the client browser
maintains the cookie (“0” means the cookie never expires). After the spe-
cified number of seconds have elapsed, the browser deletes the cookie
and any subsequent client requests will be handled by Equalizer’s load-
balancing algorithms
Cookie path
If a Cookie Path is specified, Equalizer honors cookies in a client
requests only when the path component of the request URI has the same
prefix as that of the specified
Cookie Path . For example, if the cookie
path is /store/, Equalizer presents the cookie to the server only if the
request URI includes a path such as /store/ mypage.html.
Cookie Domain -
If a cookie domain is specified, then Equalizer will honor cookies in client
requests only if the server’s host name is within the specified domain. For
example, if the cookie domain is website.com, then Equalizer will only
present the cookie to servers in the website.com domain (for example
www.website.com). Wildcards are not supported in the cookie domain.
Cookie Generation -
A value added to cookies when the cookie scheme is 2. In order for cookies
to be valid, the specified
Cookie Generation must match the equivalent
number embedded in the cookie. Conversely, if you need to invalidate old
cookies, increment this number.
Always - When this flag is disabled Equalizer will insert a cookie if a
server was not selected based on a cookie received from the client. A
cookie would only be inserted when a new client is seen or if cookie is
received or if a cookie received cannot validate a server.
If the
Always
flag is enabled, Equalizer includes a cookie in the response
regardless of whether the server sent a cookie.
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