Sticky_session_policies

Sticky Session Policies tab

The Sticky Session Policies tab is where you can create a new Sticky Session policy for an AWS Elastic Load Balancer. By default, AWS ELB distributes requests to Instances running your application based on the lowest load. However, you can create a Sticky Session Policy so that a request is bound to the same Instance for the length of the entire session. Sticky sessions are based on either load balancer or application generated HTTP cookies.

Fields

• Policy Name - Enter the name of your Sticky Session Policy.
• Cookie Type - Select the type of cookie you want to use.
  • App Cookie - Allow the application to set the session lifetime.
  • Lb Cookie - Allow the Load Balancer (ELB) to set the session lifetime. If you specify Lb Cookie, you are prompted for a Cookie Expiration Period (in seconds). You cannot leave this field blank.
• Cookie Name - Enter the name of the Cookie.
• Listeners - A Sticky Session Policy can be associated with HTTP/HTTPS Listeners. Select one of the Listeners from the drop-down menu.