Sticky sessions Uses cookies to preserve sessions Might cause imbalance in the load Expiration dates can be controlled
Types of cookies
- Application based cookies
- Custom cookies Generated by the application Cookie names must be specified indiviudally for each target groups AWSALB, AWSALBAPP, AWSALBTG reserved names, can’t be used
- Application cookies
Generated by loadbalancer
Cookie name
AWSALBAPP
- Duration cookies Generated by Load balancer Names: ALB - AWSALB, ELB - AWSCLB Expired based on some duration
Stickiness can be turned on Target Group’s Edit attribute settings