Deploying the BIG-IP LTM with IBM
WebSphere 8
Welcome to the F5 Deployment Guide for IBM
®
WebSphere. This document provides guidance for
deploying the BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) with IBM WebSphere 8.
The BIG-IP system can optimize IBM WebSphere at many layers: in front of the IBM HTTP
Servers, between HTTP Servers and WebSphere Application Servers, or to eliminate the HTTP
layer altogether. By configuring the BIG-IP LTM system within the WebSphere infrastructure F5
provides a number of benefits, including simplification of the infrastructure, application level health
monitoring, SSL offload and intelligent load balancing. While high availability remains the central
goal of BIG-IP LTM, reducing complexity in an another complex environment allows organizations
to spend more time on the important aspects of the architecture such as application delivery,
intelligent reporting, and gathering granular statistics from the environment.
Why F5
• Reduces the complexity of WebSphere deployments, including removing the need for an
additional HTTP layer.
•
Ensures application health by determining the availability of a specific application based
on the URI being requested and the port used by the application.
•
Enables better visibility through analytics, and provides a granular understanding of how
many sessions are established to each WebSphere Application server and the ability to
limit these sessions using various metrics.
• Reduces the load on the WebSphere servers by taking on the following tasks:
» SSL processing: the BIG-IP system terminates SSL requests at the front end and
delivers HTTP requests to the backend.
» TCP optimizations: the BIG-IP system reduces the number of requests to the servers
using HTTP Request and Content caching.
» Connection pooling: The OneConnect feature on the BIG-IP system reduces the
number of server-side connections that a server must open by using existing server-
side connections for multiple new client-side requests.
For more information of IBM WebSphere see:
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/was/features/
For more information on the F5 BIG-IP system, see http://www.f5.com/products/big-ip
What's inside:
2 Products and versions
tested
2 Prerequisites and
configuration notes
3 Deployment scenarios
4 Scenario 1: Configuring
the BIG-IP LTM as an
HTTP Proxy for IBM
WebSphere
11 Scenario 2: Configuring
the BIG-IP LTM for
WebSphere 8 Web Tier
15 Scenario 3: Configuring
the BIG-IP LTM for
the HTTP Tier and the
WebSphere Application
Tier
18 Configuring BIG-IP
ASM for WebSphere
20 Appendix: Optional
dynamic health
monitor for Scenario 1
25 Document Revision
History
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Products and versions tested
Product Version
BIG-IP LTM 11.1 HF-2
IBM WebSphere 8 and 8.5
Important:
Make sure you are using the most recent version of this deployment guide, found at
http://www.f5.com/pdf/deployment-guides/ibm-websphere-8-dg.pdf.
Prerequisites and configuration notes
The following are general prerequisites and configuration notes for this guide:
h The configuration in this guide was tested with IBM WebSphere 8 servers in Network
Deployment mode with a single Application Profile and two Enterprise applications
installed.
h If you are using the BIG-IP advanced monitor for SNMP, SNMP services must be enabled on
your WebSphere Application Server per the instructions in this guide.
h If you are using the BIG-IP system to act as an HTTP proxy and eliminate the need
for a separate HTTP tier, you need the following information from your WebSphere
implementation.
» URIs associated with each WebSphere application
» Ports associated with each WebSphere application
» Host name and/or IP addresses of the WebSphere Application Server hosting each
application.
For more information, including where to find this information, see Creating the iRule on
page 8.
Some users find it helpful to create a table with the required information. For example, we created
the following table for the two applications used in our testing.
Application Name URIs Ports Servers
WebSphere_Portal
/wps/*
/wps/pa_1_0_6d/*
/wps/pa_1_0_6e/*
/wps/pa_1_0_6c/*
/wps/*
/wsrp/*
/wps/content/*
/wps/pdm/*
9080
9443
server1.example.com IP: 192.168.10 0.1
server2.example.com IP: 192.168.100.2
PlantsByWebSphere
/plantsbywebshpere/*
/plants/*
/pbw/*
9081
9444
server1.example.com IP: 192.168.10 0.1
server2.example.com IP: 192.168.100.2
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Deployment scenarios
One of the fundamental ideas covered in this architecture and deployment is the separation of
the Web, Application and Data tiers. The IBM HTTP Server is acting on the Web tier while the
WebSphere software is the Application tier. This Application tier then interfaces with the Data tier
to provide a full and rich application experience.
Clients
Internet
DMZ
IBM HTTP Servers
Internal
Web Tier Application/Data Tier
IBM WebSphere
Application Servers
There are three different deployment scenarios described in this guide in which the BIG-IP
system can be configured. Follow the instructions for the scenario appropriate to your desired
configuration:
1. Configuring the BIG-IP LTM as an HTTP proxy
The BIG-IP system can reduce complexity in WebSphere environments by acting as the HTTP
proxy. This enables benefits such as better application health monitoring, more visibility into
the environment, more granular statistics gathering, and removes the need for the additional
HTTP layer that only proxies connections to the back-end.
To configure this scenario, see Scenario 1: Configuring the BIG-IP LTM as an HTTP Proxy for
IBM WebSphere on page 4
2. Configuring the BIG-IP LTM to load balance the IBM HTTP servers
The BIG-IP system can provide intelligent load balancing and health monitoring to the IBM
HTTP servers. The IBM HTTP servers direct traffic to the WebSphere application servers.
To configure this scenario, see Scenario 2: Configuring the BIG-IP LTM for WebSphere 8 Web
Tier on page 11.
3. Configuring the BIG-IP LTM to load balance the IBM HTTP servers and WebSphere
application servers
The BIG-IP system can be located in front of the HTTP layer as well as between the HTTP layer
and the WebSphere application servers. This enables additional visibility, statistics gathering
and better health monitoring.
To configure this scenario, see Scenario 3: Configuring the BIG-IP LTM for the HTTP Tier and
the WebSphere Application Tier on page 15.
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Scenario 1: Configuring the BIG-IP LTM as an HTTP Proxy for IBM
WebSphere
In this section, we configure the BIG-IP LTM to act as an HTTP proxy. Because the BIG-IP LTM is
acting as the HTTP proxy, the HTTP Tier of the deployment can be eliminated altogether.
Clients
Internet
BIG-IP
Local Traffic Manager
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WebSphere Application Server 6
WebSphere Application Server 5
WebSphere Application Server 4
pool_gbw for URI /wps/*
Application port: 9081
WebSphere Application Server 1
WebSphere Application Server 2
WebSphere Application Server 3
pool_pbw for URI /PlantsByWebSphere/*
Application port: 9080
The traffic flow is as follows:
1. Client requests the URL http://www.example.com/PlantsByWebSphere/promo.jsf. This address
resolves to the virtual server address on the BIG-IP system.
2. Based on the URI, the BIG-IP system sends the client request to the load balancing pool pool_
pbw, serving port 9080.
3. The request is received by an available WebSphere application server in pool_pbw.
Also see Appendix: Optional dynamic health monitor for Scenario 1 on page 20.
Gathering the WebSphere application information
In order to configuring the BIG-IP system to eliminate the need for a separate HTTP Tier, you need
the following information from your WebSphere implementation, as described in the prerequisites:
• URIs associated with each WebSphere application
• Ports associated with each WebSphere application
•
Host name and IP addresses of the WebSphere Application Server hosting each
application.
There are two ways of obtaining this information, depending on whether you have previously
configured the IBM HTTP server with your WebSphere Application server or not.
If you have not previously configured the IBM HTTP server
If you have not previously configured the IBM HTTP server as a part of a WebSphere Application
server deployment, you must manually gather this information from your WebSphere
implementation. For information on how to find this information, see the IBM documentation.
If you have previously configured the IBM HTTP server
If you have previously configured the IBM HTTP Server with your WebSphere Application Server,
you can find the required information in the plugin-cfg.xml file.
The URIs are found in the URIGroup statements of the file. UriGroup statements group selected
URIs together for the applications deployed within WebSphere. Locate the URIGroup Name that
matches the relevant Application.
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In the following example from the plugin-cfg.xml file, the URIs for our two are shown in bold.
<UriGroup Name="default_host_WebSphere_Portal_URIs">
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/wps/PA_1_0_6D/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/wps/PA_1_0_6E/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/wps/PA_1_0_6C/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/wps/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/wsrp/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/wps/content/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/wps/pdm/*"/>
...
</UriGroup>
...
<UriGroup Name="default_host_PlantsByWebSphere_URIs">
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/plantsbywebsphere/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/pbw/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/plants/*"/>
...
</UriGroup>
The Ports and Host names can be found in the ServerCluster section of the XML file. ServerClusters
are essentially the application definitions designated by the IBM WebSphere system. Locate the
ServerCluster Name that matches the relevant Application, and gather the Ports and host names.
You also need to know the IP addresses to which the host names resolve for the BIG-IP Pool.
In the following example from the plugin-cfg.xml file, the Ports and Host names for our two are
shown in bold.
<ServerCluster CloneSeparatorChange="false" LoadBalance="Round Robin" Name="WebSphere_Portal"...
<Server CloneID="12xx2868r" ConnectTimeout="0" ExtendedHandshake="false" LoadBalanceWeight="2"...
<Tr a nsp o r t H o stn a m e ="server1.example.com" Port="9081" P r o t o c o l=" h t t p "/>
<Tr a nsp o r t H o stn a m e ="server1.example.com" Port="9444" Protocol="https">
<Property Name="keyring" Value="D:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\etc\plugin-key.kdb"/>
<Property Name="stashfile" Value="D:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\etc\plugin-key.sth"/>
</Transpor t>
</Server>
<Server CloneID="12vxx4xx3" ConnectTimeout="0" ExtendedHandshake="false" LoadBalanceWeight="2"...
<Tr a nsp o r t H o stn a m e ="server2.example.com" Port="9081" P r o t o c o l=" h t t p "/>
<Tr a nsp o r t H o stn a m e ="server2.example.com" Port="9444" Protocol="https">
<Property Name="keyring" Value="D:\IBM\WebSphere\DM\etc\plugin-key.kdb"/>
<Property Name="stashfile" Value="D:\IBM\WebSphere\DM\etc\plugin-key.sth"/>
</Transpor t>
</Server>
<PrimaryServers>
<Server Name="WebSphere_Portal_1"/>
<Server Name="WebSphere_Portal_2"/>
</PrimaryServers>
</ServerCluster>
<ServerCluster CloneSeparatorChange="false" LoadBalance="Round Robin" Name="PlantsByWebSphere" ...
<Server ConnectTimeout="0" ExtendedHandshake="false" MaxConnections="-1" Name="server01" ...
<Tr a nsp o r t H o stn a m e ="server1.example.com" Port="9080" P r o t o c o l=" h t t p "/>
<Tr a nsp o r t H o stn a m e ="server1.example.com" Port="9443" Protocol="https">
<Property Name="keyring" Value="D:\IBM\WebSphere\DM\etc\plugin-key.kdb"/>
<Property Name="stashfile" Value="D:\IBM\WebSphere\DM\etc\plugin-key.sth"/>
</Transpor t>
</Server>
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<Server ConnectTimeout="0" ExtendedHandshake="false" MaxConnections="-1" Name="server2" ...
<Tr a nsp o r t H o stn a m e ="server2.example.com" Port="9080" P r o t o c o l=" h t t p"/>
<Tr a nsp o r t H o stn a m e ="server2.example.com" Port="9443" Pr otocol="https">
<Property Name="keyring" Value="D:\IBM\WebSphere\DM\etc\plugin-key.kdb"/>
<Property Name="stashfile" Value="D:\IBM\WebSphere\DM\etc\plugin-key.sth"/>
</Transpor t>
</Server>
<PrimaryServers>
<Server Name="PlantsByWebSphere_1"/>
<Server Name="PlantsByWebSphere_2"/>
</PrimaryServers>
</ServerCluster>
Configuring the BIG-IP LTM
The following tables contain a list of BIG-IP configuration objects along with any non-default
settings you should configure as a part of this deployment. Unless otherwise specified, settings
not mentioned in the table can be configured as applicable for your configuration. For specific
instructions on configuring individual objects, see the online help or product manuals.
BIG-IP LTM Object Non-default settings/Notes
Health Monitors
1
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic-->Monitors)
HTTP
Name Type a unique name, such as WebSphere_Portal_HTTP.
Type HTTP
Interval 30 (recommended)
Timeout 91 (recommended)
Send and Receive Strings While the Send String and Receive String fields are optional,
for a more specific monitor you should add Send and Receive
Strings specific to your application.
For example, for Portal we use
GET /w ps/HTTP/1.0 \r\n\r\n
HTTPS
Name Type a unique name, such as WebSphere_Portal_HTTPS.
Type HTTPS
Interval 30 (recommended)
Timeout 91 (recommended)
Send and Receive Strings While the Send String and Receive String fields are optional,
for a more specific monitor you should add Send and Receive
Strings specific to your application.
For example, for Portal we use
GET /w ps/HTTP/1.0 \r\n\r\n
Important:
Repeat this section to create unique HTTP and HTTPS health monitors for each
WebSphere application that is a part of this deployment.
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See Appendix: Optional dynamic health monitor for Scenario 1 on page 20 for an optional, dynamic ratio health
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BIG-IP LTM Object Non-default settings/Notes
Pool
(Main tab-->
Local Traffic -->Pools)
Name Type a unique name
Health Monitor Select the monitor you created for this application
Load Balancing Method Choose a load balancing method. We recommend Least
Connections (Member)
Address Type an IP address specific to your WebSphere application node.
Service Port Type the appropriate Service port for your WebSphere
application. This should match the port you found in your
WebSphere configuration.
Click Add and repeat Address and Service Port for all nodes.
Important:
Repeat to create a unique pool for each WebSphere application that is a part of
this deployment. Be sure to use the appropriate address and service port.
Profile
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic-->Profiles)
TCP LAN
(Profiles-->Protocol)
Name Type a unique name
Parent Profile tcp-lan-optimized
iRules
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic-->iRules)
L Critical:
You must create
both iRules in this
section. There are 2
separate iRules
Switching iRule
Configure the iRule as described in Creating the iRule on page 8
Persistence iRule
Name Type a unique name
Definition Copy and paste the following iRule, omitting the line numbers.
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when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
set add_persist 1
}
when HTTP_RESPONSE {
if { [HTTP::cookie exists "JSESSIONID"] and $add_persist } {
persist add uie [HTTP::cookie "JSESSIONID"]
set add_persist 0
}
}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [HTTP::cookie exists "JSESSIONID"] } {
persist uie [HTTP::cookie "JSESSIONID"]
} else {
set jsess [findstr [HTTP::uri] "jsessionid" 11 ";"]
if { $jsess != "" } {
persist uie $jsess
}
}
}
Virtual Servers
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic
-->Virtual Servers)
HTTP
Name Type a unique name.
Address Type the IP Address for the virtual server
Service Port Type the appropriate Port for the virtual server
Protocol Profile (server)
1,
2
Select the LAN optimized TCP profile you created
SNAT Pool
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Automap (optional; see footnote
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)
iRule
4
Enable the built-in
Default Pool
2
Select the pool you created above
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You must select Advanced from the Configuration list for these options to appear
2
Only required if offloading SSL on the BIG-IP LTM
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Create two persistence profiles. Source Address Affinity is used as a fallback persistence method.
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BIG-IP LTM Object Non-default settings/Notes
Virtual Servers
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic
-->Virtual Servers)
HTTPS
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Name Type a unique name.
Address Type the IP Address for the virtual server
Service Port 443
Protocol Profile (client)
1
Select the WAN optimized TCP profile you created
Protocol Profile (server)
1
Select the LAN optimized TCP profile you created
OneConnect Select the OneConnect profile you created
HTTP Profile Select the HTTP profile you created
Web Acceleration profile Select the Web Acceleration profile you created. Note: If you
are using WebAccelerator, be sure to select the profile you
created in the WebAccelerator configuration table with the
webacceleration parent.
HTTP Compression profile Select the HTTP Compression profile you created
SSL Profile (Client) Select the Client SSL profile you created
SNAT Pool
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Automap (optional; see footnote
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iRule Enable the iRule you created
Default Pool Select the pool you created
Default Persistence Profile Select the Cookie Persistence profile you created
Fallback Persistence Profile Select the Source Address Affinity profile you created
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You must select Advanced from the Configuration list for these options to appear
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Do not enable these objects on the HTTP virtual server if offloading SSL. The HTTP virtual server is only used for redirecting
users to the HTTPS virtual server, and only requires a name, IP address, Port, and the redirect iRule.
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If want to use SNAT, and you have a large deployment expecting more than 64,000 simultaneous connections, you must
configure a SNAT Pool with an IP address for each 64,000 simultaneous connections you expect. See
the BIG-IP documentation on configuring SNAT Pools
.
4
Only enable this iRule if offloading SSL
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Only create this virtual server if offloading SSL
Creating the iRule
The next task is to create an iRule on the BIG-IP system. The iRule inspects all HTTP requests coming
into the BIG-IP system, and checks the requested URI against the list of URIs you gathered from the
WebSphere configuration, and then directs the request to the appropriate load balancing pool.
You need the URIs from the WebSphere configuration you found in Gathering the WebSphere
application information on page 4. You also need the BIG-IP LTM Pool names you created in
the preceding table.
HTTP Request
The first section of the iRule configures the iRule to listen for all HTTP Requests. As the HTTP
request comes through the BIG-IP system, the iRule checks the requested URI against the list
created using the URIs gathered in our table. You do not modify this section of the iRule.
when HTTP_REQUEST {
switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] {
URI list
The next section of the iRule contains the URIs from the WebSphere application you found in
Gathering the WebSphere application information on page 4. Each URI is on a separate line,
surrounded by quotes, and ends with a hyphen (-) with the exception of the last entry.
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In the following example, we list the URIs from our WebSphere Portal application.
The URIs must be entirely in lower case. Change any uppercase letters to lowercase.
"/wps/pa_1_0_6d/*" –
"/wps/pa_1_0_6e/*" –
"/wps/pa_1_0_6c/*" –
"/ w p s/*" –
"/ w s r p/*" –
"/wps/content/*" –
"/ w p s/p d m /*"
And this is list from our PlantsbyWebSphere application:
"/plantsbywebsphere/*" -
"/pbw/*" -
"/plants/*" -
Assigning the load balancing pool
After you have the list of URIs, the next task is to include a line that assigns the traffic to a pool.
Because we created two unique pools per application (one for HTTP and another for HTTPS), we
create an if/else statement to appropriately direct the traffic.
The first line checks if the traffic is coming if as HTTPS. If it is, we assign the traffic to the HTTPS
pool (WebSphere_Portal_https in our example). Use the following syntax:
{ if {[TCP::local_port] == 443} {
pool <HTTPS-Pool-Name>
In our example, it looks like the following:
{ if {[TCP::local_port] == 443} {
pool WebSphere_Portal_https
The else statement sends the traffic that is not HTTPS to the HTTP pool (WebSphere_Portal_http in
our example).
} else {
pool <HTTP-Pool-Name>
}
In our example, it looks like the following:
} else {
pool WebSphere_Portal_http
}
Repeat these lines for each WebSphere application that is a part of your implementation.
Closing the iRule
The final section is to add the default action, and the add two closing brackets:
default {
HTTP::respond 200 content {
Wrong URL
}
}
}
}
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Creating the iRule in the BIG-IP configuration utility
Once you have all of the pieces of the iRule, you create the iRule in the BIG-IP Configuration utility.
To create the iRule
1. On the Main tab, expand Local Traffic and then click iRules.
2. Click the Create button.
3. In the Name box, type a unique name, such as WebSphere-switch-iRule.
4. In the Definition section, add the iRule you created. In our example, the complete iRule
looks like the following. Be sure to change all text in red from our example to match your
settings. You may have more applications than the two in our example.
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when HTTP_REQUEST {
switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] {
#These are the URIs from our WebSphere Portal application
"/wps/pa_1_0_6d/*" –
"/wps/pa_1_0_6e/*" –
"/wps/pa_1_0_6c/*" –
"/wps/*" –
"/wsrp/*" –
"/wps/content/*" –
"/wps/pdm/*" {
if {[TCP::local_port] == 443} {
pool WebSphere_Portal_https
} else {
pool WebSphere_Portal_http
}
}
#These are the URIs from our PlantsByWebSphere application
"/plantsbywebsphere/*" –
"/pbw/*" -
"/plants/*" {
if {[TCP::local_port] == 443} {
pool PlantsByWebSphere_https
} else {
pool PlantsByWebSphere_http
}
}
default {
HTTP::respond 200 content {
Wrong URL
}
}
}
}
5. Click the Finished button.
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Scenario 2: Configuring the BIG-IP LTM for WebSphere 8 Web Tier
In order to provide intelligent load balancing for the application without placing the BIG-IP LTM
deeper within the application stack, the BIG-IP is placed in front of the IBM HTTP Servers.
Configuration example
The following is a logical configuration example of this scenario. In this example, a client requests
an application. The BIG-IP receives the request and intelligently directs this request to an available
HTTP Server.
Clients
Internet
DMZ
IBM HTTP Servers
Web Tier
BIG-IP
Local Traffic Manager
Configuring the BIG-IP LTM for the IBM HTTP Servers
The following tables contain a list of BIG-IP configuration objects along with any non-default
settings you should configure as a part of this deployment. Unless otherwise specified, settings
not mentioned in the table can be configured as applicable for your configuration. For specific
instructions on configuring individual objects, see the online help or product manuals.
BIG-IP LTM Object Non-default settings/Notes
Health Monitor
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic-->Monitors)
Name
Type a unique name
Type HTTP
Interval 30 (recommended)
Timeout 91 (recommended)
Pool
(Main tab-->
Local Traffic -->Pools)
Name Type a unique name
Health Monitor Select the monitor you created above
Slow Ramp Time
1
300
Load Balancing Method Choose a load balancing method. We recommend Least
Connections (Member)
Address Type the IP Address of the IBM HTTP Server nodes
Service Port 80. Click Add and repeat Address and Service Port for all
nodes.
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BIG-IP LTM Object Non-default settings/Notes
Profiles
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic-->Profiles)
HTTP
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(Profiles-->Services)
Name Type a unique name
Parent Profile http
Rewrite Redirect
2
Matching
2
TCP WAN
(Profiles-->Protocol)
Name Type a unique name
Parent Profile tcp-wan-optimized
TCP LAN
(Profiles-->Protocol)
Name Type a unique name
Parent Profile tcp-lan-optimized
Persistence
3
(Profiles-->Persistence)
Name Type a unique name
Persistence Type Cookie
Name Type a unique name
Persistence Type Source Address Affinity
3
OneConnect
(Profiles-->Other)
Name Type a unique name
Parent Profile oneconnect
Client SSL
2
(Profiles-->SSL)
Name Type a unique name
Parent Profile clientssl
Certificate and Key Select the appropriate Certificate and Key
Web Acceleration
(Profiles-->Services)
Name Type a unique name
Parent Profile optimized-caching
URI List
Optional. In our example, we add
/PlantsByWebSphere/servlet/
ShoppingServlet to the Exclude list to
avoid caching the Shopping Cart.
HTTP Compression
(Profiles-->Services)
Name Type a unique name
Parent Profile wan-optimized-compression
Virtual Servers
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic
-->Virtual Servers)
HTTP
Name Type a unique name.
Address Type the IP Address for the virtual server
Service Port 80
Protocol Profile (client)
1,
4
Select the WAN optimized TCP profile you created
Protocol Profile (server)
1,
4
Select the LAN optimized TCP profile you created
OneConnect
4
Select the OneConnect profile you created
HTTP Profile
4
Select the HTTP profile you created
Web Acceleration profile
4
Select the Web Acceleration profile you created
HTTP Compression profile
4
Select the HTTP Compression profile you created
SNAT Pool
5
Automap (optional; see footnote
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)
iRule
2
If offloading SSL only: Enable the built-in
_sys_https_redirect irule
Default Pool
4
Select the pool you created above
Persistence Profile
4
Select the Persistence profile you created
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You must select Advanced from the Configuration list for these options to appear
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Only required if offloading SSL. Also see Note about configuring the BIG-IP system for SSL offload on page 13.
3
Create two persistence profiles. Source Address Affinity is used as a fallback persistence method.
4
Do not enable these objects on the HTTP virtual server if offloading SSL. The HTTP virtual server is only used for redirecting
users to the HTTPS virtual server, and only requires a name, IP address, Port, and the redirect iRule.
5
If want to use SNAT, and you have a large deployment expecting more than 64,000 simultaneous connections, you
must configure a SNAT Pool with an IP address for each 64,000 simultaneous connections you expect. See the BIG-IP
documentation on configuring SNAT Pools
6
If you are offloading SSL, see Note about configuring the BIG-IP system for SSL offload on page 13 for an additional field
to set on this profile
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BIG-IP LTM Object Non-default settings/Notes
Virtual Servers
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic
-->Virtual Servers)
HTTPS
1
Name Type a unique name.
Address Type the IP Address for the virtual server
Service Port 443
Protocol Profile (client)
2
Select the WAN optimized TCP profile you created
Protocol Profile (server)
2
Select the LAN optimized TCP profile you created
OneConnect Select the OneConnect profile you created
HTTP Profile Select the HTTP profile you created
Web Acceleration profile Select the Web Acceleration profile you created. Note: If you
are using WebAccelerator, be sure to select the profile you
created in the WebAccelerator configuration table with the
webacceleration parent.
HTTP Compression profile Select the HTTP Compression profile you created
SSL Profile (Client) Select the Client SSL profile you created
SNAT Pool
3
Automap (optional; see footnote
3
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Default Pool Select the pool you created
Default Persistence Profile Select the Cookie Persistence profile you created
Fallback Persistence Profile Select the Source Address Affinity profile you created
1
Only create this virtual server if offloading SSL. See "Note about configuring the BIG-IP system for SSL offload" following.
2
You must select Advanced from the Configuration list for these options to appear
3
If want to use SNAT, and you have a large deployment expecting more than 64,000 simultaneous connections, you
must configure a SNAT Pool with an IP address for each 64,000 simultaneous connections you expect. See the BIG-IP
documentation on configuring SNAT Pools
.
Note about configuring the BIG-IP system for SSL offload
For certain applications, when SSL offload is used, a special variable must be set on the BIG-
IP system to tell the WebSphere Application server that SSL has been offloaded. This allows
WebSphere to properly form its URLs and redirects, and reduces the need for iRules or Stream
profiles on the BIG-IP system.
If the BIG-IP system is offloading SSL from your WebSphere application, we recommend performing
the following tasks on the BIG-IP system and the WebSphere application server as applicable.
On the BIG-IP system
The HTTP profile must have the Request Header Insert enabled. To modify an existing profile to
enable this header, use the following procedure.
1. On the Main tab, expand Local Traffic and then click Profiles.
2. Click the name of the HTTP profile you created for the WebSphere application.
3. In the Request Header Insert row, click the Custom button if necessary, and then use the
following syntax in the box: <v a l u e>:
For example: httpsoffload: Be sure to include the colon. This value must match the
value you configure on the WebSphere Application Server in the next section.
4. Click the Update button.
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On the WebSphere application server
The WebSphere application server needs to be configured to detect the header you configured in
the preceding procedure. For more specific instructions, consult the WebSphere documentation.
1. Connect to the administration port for the WebSphere server.
2. Navigate to Servers > Application Servers and then select the App Server.
3. Navigate to Web Container Settings > Web Container > Custom Properties.
4. Add a property named httpsIndicatorHeader and add a value of httpsoffload.
Note that the property value must match the value used in the BIG-IP system, without the trailing
colon, and finally, the property and value are case sensitive. Be sure you do not capitalize the "H"
in httpsIndicatorHeader for WebSphere versions 7 or greater.
5. Navigate to Environment >Virtual Hosts and select the host for your application.
6. Select Host Aliases.
7. Add a property with the Host Name of * and a port of 443
You must rebuild and redeploy your applications and restart your web and application servers.
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Scenario 3: Configuring the BIG-IP LTM for the HTTP Tier and the
WebSphere Application Tier
In this section, we configure the BIG-IP LTM to implement application monitoring and advanced
load balancing capabilities which optimize traffic flows through all application infrastructure. The
BIG-IP LTM ensures that traffic from front-end web servers is only sent to available application
servers. In addition to the round robin and weighting capabilities included in the WebSphere
framework, BIG-IP LTM can track server state, and, for example, send traffic to the fastest server, or
to the server with the least connections.
In this section the BIG-IP LTM manages application traffic according to the network knowledge it
has about the client, web tier and application tier. IBM WebSphere management tools are used
to maintain the servers, and all web and application servers included in the deployment should be
equally weighted.
This solution is powered in part by an iRule that enables persistence based on the application’s own
unique identifier (JSESSIONID).
h For the scenario described in this chapter, we assume there are three VLANs available in
the deployment architecture: one for the BIG-IP virtual servers, one for the presentation
tier and one for the application tier. Also, our deployment places all front end web
servers are in the presentation tier VLAN and all application servers are in the application
tier VLAN.
h We assume you have configured the BIG-IP LTM for the IBM HTTP Server with the
WebSphere plugin as described in Scenario 2: Configuring the BIG-IP LTM for WebSphere
8 Web Tier on page 11.
Configuration example
The following diagram shows an example configuration with a redundant pair of BIG-IP devices and
a cluster of WebSphere servers. The HTTP servers and WebSphere application servers are configured
to communicate with each other using WebSphere tools. In this configuration, we configure an
iRule on the BIG-IP LTM system which uses the application’s JSESSIONID for persistence. While the
diagram shows two separate BIG-IP LTM systems, the configuration could also be on a single BIG-IP
LTM system.
Clients
Internet
DMZ
IBM HTTP Servers
Internal
Web Tier Application/Data Tier
IBM WebSphere
Application Servers
BIG-IP
Local Traffic Manager
BIG-IP
Local Traffic Manager
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The traffic flow is as follows:
1. Client request requests an application, such as http://app.example.com/PlantsByWebSphere/.
2. The BIG-IP directs this request to an available HTTP Server on port 80.
3. The HTTP Server sends the response to the BIG-IP virtual server listening on port 9080.
4. The BIG-IP directs traffic to an available WebSphere Application Server.
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Configuring the BIG-IP LTM for the WebSphere Application Tier
The following tables contain a list of BIG-IP configuration objects along with any non-default
settings you should configure as a part of this Application tier deployment. Unless otherwise
specified, settings not mentioned in the table can be configured as applicable for your
configuration. For specific instructions on configuring individual objects, see the online help or
product manuals.
BIG-IP LTM Object Non-default settings/Notes
Health Monitor
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic-->Monitors)
Name Type a unique name
Type HTTP
Interval 30 (recommended)
Timeout 91 (recommended)
Send String Optional. In our example, we use
GET /PlantsByWebSphere/HTTP/1.0 \r\n\r\n
Receive String Optional. Type the result you expect the server to return
if healthy. In our example, we use <title>Plants By
WebSphere Promo</title>
Pool
(Main tab-->
Local Traffic -->Pools)
Name Type a unique name
Health Monitor Select the monitor you created above
Slow Ramp Time
1
300
Load Balancing Method Choose a load balancing method. We recommend Least
Connections (Member)
Address Type the IP Address of the WebSphere Application server nodes
Service Port 9080. Click Add and repeat Address and Service Port for all
Application server nodes.
Profiles
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic-->Profiles)
TCP LAN
(Profiles-->Protocol)
Name Type a unique name
Parent Profile tcp-lan-optimized
iRule
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic-->iRules)
Name Type a unique name
Definition Copy and paste the following iRule, omitting the line numbers.
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when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
set add_persist 1
}
when HTTP_RESPONSE {
if { [HTTP::cookie exists "JSESSIONID"] and $add_persist } {
persist add uie [HTTP::cookie "JSESSIONID"]
set add_persist 0
}
}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [HTTP::cookie exists "JSESSIONID"] } {
persist uie [HTTP::cookie "JSESSIONID"]
} else {
set jsess [findstr [HTTP::uri] "jsessionid" 11 ";"]
if { $jsess != "" } {
persist uie $jsess
}
}
}
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Virtual Servers
(Main tab-->Local
Traffic
-->Virtual Servers)
WebSphere Application Server virtual
Name Type a unique name.
Destination Type: Network
Address: Type the IP Address for the virtual server
Mask: Type the appropriate netmask.
Service Port 9080
Protocol Profile (server)
1
Select the LAN optimized TCP profile you created
HTTP Profile Select HTTP
VLAN and Tunnel Traffic
Select Enabled On and then select the VLAN on which your
IBM HTTP devices reside. Click the Add (<<) button.
SNAT Pool
3
Automap (optional; see footnote
3
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iRule Select the iRule you created above
Default Pool Select the pool you created above
HTTP Forwarding virtual
Name Type a unique name.
Destination Type: Network
Address: Type the IP Address for the virtual server
Mask: Type the appropriate netmask.
Service Port 0 or select * All Ports from the list
Type Forwarding (IP)
Protocol *All Protocols
VLAN and Tunnel Traffic
Select Enabled On and then select the VLAN on which your
IBM HTTP devices reside. Click the Add (<<) button.
SNAT Pool
3
Automap (optional; see footnote
3
)
Application Forwarding virtual
Name Type a unique name.
Destination Type: Network
Address: Type the IP Address for the virtual server
Mask: Type the appropriate netmask.
Service Port 0 or select * All Ports from the list
Type Forwarding (IP)
Protocol *All Protocols
VLAN and Tunnel Traffic
Select Enabled On and then select the VLAN on which your
WebSphere Application servers reside. Click the Add (<<)
button.
SNAT Pool
3
Automap (optional; see footnote
3
)
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You must select Advanced from the Configuration list for these options to appear
3
If want to use SNAT, and you have a large deployment expecting more than 64,000 simultaneous connections, you must
configure a SNAT Pool with an IP address for each 64,000 simultaneous connections you expect. See
the BIG-IP documentation on configuring SNAT Pools
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Configuring BIG-IP Application Security Manager for WebSphere
The BIG-IP Application Security Manager can add an additional later of application security to your
WebSphere deployment. WebSphere Application Server 8 has been tested with BIG-IP Application
Security Manger (ASM) and users can use ASM to develop security policies that can protect their
application servers.
There are two methods we can use to build a policy for WebSphere:
•
You can use a tool such as IBM AppScan to scan for vulnerabilities and then import this list
into BIG-IP system.
• You can create a policy using learning mode within ASM.
Prerequisites
h In order to build a security policy dynamically, a scanner such as IBM Rational AppScan
should be available to scan your application server. In our environment AppScan Standard
Edition version 8.0 was used.
h The BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM) should be fully installed, licensed and
provisioned on your BIG-IP Appliance.
h If you have not already initially configured the BIG-IP ASM, we recommend you use the
Getting Started guide for the initial configuration: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/
products/big-ip_asm/manuals/product/asm_getting_started_11_0_0.html
Building a dynamic policy using data imported from IBM AppScan (option 1)
To dynamically build a BIG-IP ASM policy using an import from IBM AppScan, use the following
steps:
1. Run the application scan of your environment and export the results via the XML export tool.
Consult the AppScan documentation for specific instructions.
2. Click Application Security > Security Policies, and then click the Create button. The
Deployment Wizard begins.
3. In the Local Traffic Deployment Scenario box, click Existing Virtual Server, and then
click Next.
4. Configure the Local Traffic Settings page as applicable for your configuration, and then
click Next.
5. In the Deployment Scenario box, select Create a policy using third party
vulnerability assessment tool output.
6. Configure the Security Policy Properties page as applicable for your configuration.
7. From the Vulnerability Assessment Tool list, select IBM
®
AppScan
®
and then configure any
exceptions as applicable for your configuration. Click Next.
8. Review the settings, and then click Finished.
9. On the Import IBM AppScan Vulnerabilities page, click Choose File, and then browse to
the location of your AppScan results file.
10. Manually go through the list and select which vulnerabilities to mitigate .
11. Click the Apply Policy button in the upper right.
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Building a policy automatically using BIG-IP ASM Learning mode (option 2)
To build a security policy automatically using BIG-IP ASM Learning mode, use the following steps:
1. Click Application Security > Security Policies, and then click the Create button. The
Deployment Wizard begins.
2. In the Local Traffic Deployment Scenario box, click Existing Virtual Server, and then
click Next.
3. Configure the Local Traffic Settings page as applicable for your configuration, and then
click Next.
4. In the Deployment Scenario box, select Create a policy automatically
(recommended).
5. Configure the Security Policy Properties page as applicable for your configuration, and
then click Next.
6. From the Configure Attach Signatures page, assign the appropriate Systems, and then
click Next.
7. On the Configure Automatic Policy Building page, from the Policy Type list, select a
policy type.
The options here are Fundamental, Enhanced and Comprehensive. Fundamental policies
enforce HTTP request protocols, Enhanced policies include Fundamental policies and also
check URLs, cookies and all allowed methods. Comprehensive policies enforce Fundamental
and Enhanced policies and check for meta characters on parameters, and dynamic
parameters.
8. Configure the rest of the options on the Automatic Policy Building page as applicable for your
configuration. Click Next.
9. Review the settings, and then click Finished.
After you finish the Security policy, the BIG-IP ASM goes through a period of learning where the
BIG-IP ASM will generate a dynamic policy based on your environment. Once enough traffic has
passed through the system, the BIG-IP ASM automatically begins enforcing these policies. You can
check the status of your ASM by clicking Application Security > Policy Building >
Automatic > Status.
Additionally, you can manually add a number of protections such as DOS prevention, Brute force
prevention, IP enforcement, Web scraping detection, Cross-site request forgery protection, Sensitive
data masking and Antivirus protection through an ICAP server.
This completes the BIG-IP ASM configuration. For more information, see the BIG-IP ASM
documentation, available at http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us.html.
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Appendix: Optional dynamic health monitor for Scenario 1
In this appendix, we describe how to dynamically configure BIG-IP LTM based on health information
learned from the WebSphere system. Dynamic load manipulation of pool member ratios is possible
when BIG-IP LTM is deployed as described in Scenario 1 of this deployment guide, specifically, the
scenario where the BIG-IP system is directly load balancing connections for WebSphere.
Prerequisites
The following are prerequisites and configuration notes for this appendix.
h An IBM Monitoring solution that can provide real-time or near real-time information
via SNMP. In this guide we used the IBM WebSphere SNMP Agent for WebSphere
8.5.0.1, a production ready SNMP Agent. It is also possible to use IBM Tivoli Composite
Application Manager (ITCAM) based on the NetCool monitoring platform.
h A BIG-IP LTM that has been deployed as described in Scenario 1 of this deployment
guide.
h IBM WebSphere 8.5.0.1 (Fix Pack 1) contains a critical fix for the SNMP Agent.
h A free login account to F5's DevCentral community (http://devcentral.f5.com)
More information about IBM WebSphere SNMP Agent can be found by watching this short
presentation: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ieduasst/v1r1m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.
iea.was_v8/was/8.5.0.1/Performance/WASV8501_SnmpAgent/player.html
While this deployment guide does give some information about configuring IBM WebSphere SNMP
Agent, specific installation information about SNMP Agent can be found here:
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v8r5/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.
nd.multiplatform.doc/ae/welcome_ndmp.html
Solution Overview
When the BIG-IP LTM is deployed directly in front of WebSphere server, the ability to monitor and
control WebSphere application server pool members dynamically becomes possible. By layering
dynamic monitoring along with standard HTTP monitors, we can control the ratio of requests sent
to a particular pool member if particular indicators warrant a change.
In this example, we have setup an SNMP Agent on our WebSphere Server and we are monitoring
our Java Heap Size. Once the Heap Size exceeds a predetermined threshold, the ratio is adjusted.
SNMP Polling
BIG-IP Local Traffic
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WebSphere Application
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SNMP Polling
WebSphere Application
Servers
BIG-IP Local Traffic
Manager
ITCAM monitoring
Monitor diagram with ITCAM monitoring
Configuring WebSphere 8.5.0.1 Application Center for this scenario
In this section, we summarize our test environment and changes to WebSphere Application Center.
Refer to IBM WebSphere product documentation on the exact configuration procedures.
There are four basic steps after your application environment is up and running: installing the SNMP
Agent, configuring the SNMP Agent, configuring RMI or SOAP, and pulling the OID from the MIB.
The goal of this setup is to have an SNMP agent to monitor and to be able to retrieve the OID from
the BIG-IP system.
Configuring the IBM SNMP Agent used in this example
The configuration in this section are examples only, refer to the IBM documentation and the
prerequisites and documentation at the beginning of this section. For reference, we include direct
links to IBM documentation.
1. Use the wsadmin.sh interface to WebSphere to install the SNMP Agent. In our example,
we launched wsadmin.sh in the Deployment Manager Context (Dmgr01) and used the
interactive mode by issuing the following command:
$AdminTask setVariable {-interactive}
and then
$AdminTask importserver {-interactive}
Refer to the following instructions for specific step-by-step details:
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v8r5/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.websphere.
nd.iseries.doc%2Fae%2Ftprf_snmp_install.html
We used interactive mode as it seemed to be less error-prone than the instructions on this
page.
2. Export the Certificate Store on the SOAP interface of your WebSphere application server to
allow for secure connections from your SNMPAgent. You will use the
XWindows ikeymam.sh . ikeyman is documented in various places on IBM.com including
here: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.
websphere.express.doc%2Finfo%2Fexp%2Fae%2Ftsec_keytu.html
3. Configure agentConfig.xml and jmxConfig.xml which control the SNMP variables and
monitoring variables, respectively. These are the settings that the SNMP program will use
to connect. In our example, we set ipAddress to localhost and snmpPort to 10162.
We set user to user and password to password, and set authMode to md5. Within
jmxConfig we set the connectorType to SOAP and Security to Yes. We set the
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Address and Port to the SOAP interface of the WebSphere SOAP Listener. We set the
trustStore to the fully qualified path of the Trust Store we exported in step two. We set the
sampleInterval to 120 seconds. Finally, we provided the User and Password to the SOAP
console, in this case because it is a default install, wasadmin and wasadmin, respectively.
For complete instructions see this link: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v8r5/index.
jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.websphere.nd.iseries.doc%2Fae%2Ftprf_snmp_install.html
4. Fourth, we used the snmpwalk program within the BIG-IP system to test the connection and
pull the OID we are interested in, Java Heap Size. In this case, that OID is: .1.3.6.1. 4.1.1977.2
2.10.13.1.2.1.126.36.
The following IBM link details the Tables that can be retrieved:
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v8r5/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.websphere.nd.iseries.
doc%2Fae%2Ftprf_snmp_accessing.html
By probing the CounterTable for example, we were able to find the appropriate OID. The full
command we used was:
snmpwalk -v3 -u user -a md5 -A password 10.0.1.170:10162 1.3.6.1.4.1.1977.22.10.12.1.2
This completes the setup of the SNMP Agent on WebSphere in our example. If you are using IBM
Tivoli Composite Application Manager (ITCAM) or another solution, the bottom line is that at the
completion of this section, you should have and SNMP agent and OID to probe.
Configuring the monitor on the BIG-IP system
In this section, we configure a new monitor that is layered on any existing monitors (such as
HTTP or TCP). This monitor probes the health of the JVM (or another SNMP variable) and then
dynamically changes the monitor.
To configure the monitor on the BIG-IP system
1. Open a browser, and go to:
https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/AdvDesignConfig.IBM-WebSphere-SNMP-Dynamic-Ratio-
Monitor-for-BIG-IP-with-TMSH.ashx?NoRedirect=1&NS=AdvDesignConfig
You may need to log in, or register for a free account before you can access this page.
2. In the Monitor Source section, move your curser to the upper right corner of the code
box, and then click the View Source (< >) icon. Save the file with a name like such as
IBMWebSphereMonitor.pl.
3. Open the file in a text editor to edit the following variables in red text if necessary (the
numbers on the left correspond to the line numbers in the Monitor Source section):
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# Configuration Section
# This is the pool that this monitor is applied to. You can specify it here
# or pass it in as the parameter for the monitor.
my $pool = "<pool name>";
# For version 11.x and above leave this
my $partition = "/Common/";
# SNMP Version to use, options are V1, V2c, V3
my $snmp_version = "V3";
# SNMP Community to use if V1 or V2
my $snmp_community = "public";
# SNMP Variables to use if V3
my $snmp_auth_type = "md5";
my $snmp_user = "user";
my $snmp_password = "password";
my $snmp_port = "10162";
# Specify here what items to consider when determining the ratio for the node
my @ratio_items = ( 'cpu' );
#my @ratio_items = ( 'cpu', 'memory', 'disk' );
# Specify the Coefficient for each item here
my %coefficient = (
'memory' => 4,
'cpu' => 2,
'disk' => 1,
);
# Specify the Threshold for each item here (between 0.00 and 1.00)
my %threshold = (
'memory' => 0.9,
'cpu' => 0.9,
'disk' => 0.9,
);
# Define one or more OIDs or calculations for each item to monitor. If
# multiple items are listed then the results are averaged. Each item may be
# a single OID but may also contain multiple OIDs and/or constants separated
# by basic arithmetic operators (Such as +, -, /, and *). OIDs must be numeric
# and must begin with a period.
# Each item should result in a percentage (between 0.00 and 1.00)
my %oids;
$oids{'cpu'} = [ '.1.3.6.1.4.1.1977.22.10.13.1.2.1.126.36 / 100' ];
4. Save the file in a location accessible by the BIG-IP system.
5. Log on to the BIG-IP system Configuration utility.
6. Click System > File Management > External Monitor Program File List.
7. Click the Import button.
8. In the File Name row, click Choose File and then browse to the script file you just edited.
9. In the Name box, give the file a name. We use: IBMWebSphereMonitor.pl again.
10. Click Import.
11. Repeat steps 5-10 on each BIG-IP device (all Active and Standby units) that are a part of this
configuration.
12. Click Local Traffic > Monitors, and then click the Create button.
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13. In the Name box, give the monitor a name, such as IBMWebSphereMonitor.
14. From the Type list, select External.
15. In the Interval box, type 120.
16. In the Timeout box, type 361.
17. From the External Program list, select the name of the script file you imported.
18. Click FInished. The final task is to associate the monitor with the Pool.
19. Click Local Traffic > Pools.
20. From the list, select the name of the WebSphere pool you created previously.
21. In the Health Monitor section, from the Available list, select the name of the monitor you
just created, and click the Add (<<) button to move it to the Active list. This monitor should
be in addition to the other monitor you already added to the pool.
22. Click Update.
This concludes the instructions on the dynamic monitor for WebSphere 8.
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Document Revision History
Version Description Date
1.0 New guide 06-01-2012
1.1
- Added Appendix: Optional dynamic health monitor for Scenario 1 on page
20 with instructions on configuring a dynamic monitor.
- Added Configuring BIG-IP Application Security Manager for WebSphere on
page 18 with instructions on configuring BIG-IP ASM for application-layer
security for WebSphere.
- Added Note about configuring the BIG-IP system for SSL offload on page 13
with specific instructions on configuring SSL offload on the BIG-IP system and
the WebSphere servers.
04-18-2013
1.2
Added a missing closing bracket (line 17) to the iRule in Creating the iRule in the
BIG-IP configuration utility on page 10.
04-26-2012
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