About server affinity providers

The PingDirectoryProxy server supports the ability to forward a sequence of requests to the same external server if specific conditions are met, called server affinity.

Use the server affinity provider to establish an affinity to a particular backend server for certain operations.

The following provider configurations and server affinity methods are available in the PingDirectoryProxy server:

Client connection Server Affinity: Requests from the same client connection consistently route to the same backend server.
Client IP address Server Affinity: All requests coming from the same client system consistently route to the same backend server.
Bind DN Server Affinity: All requests from the same user consistently route to the same backend server.

For information about configuring server affinity, see Configuring server affinity.