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access control iRule
I cannot seem to get an access control iRule working. I am trying to limit access to a virtual server to only two external IP addresses. I have copied and modified an iRule found on F5 support site but when applied it blocks all traffic to this VS.
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- Cory_50405
Noctilucent
Good catch mimlo. This one should work properly with parentheses:
when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { if { ! ([IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 10.10.10.10] or [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 10.10.10.20])} { reject log local0. "Connection dropped from [IP::client_addr]" } } - Terry_Schmidt_1
Nimbostratus
good enough. It let me load this latest iRule and we are currently testing. If this works in dev then we'll apply to prod.
- Terry_Schmidt_1
Nimbostratus
unfortunately this iRule blocked all traffic to this VS.
- Cory_50405
Noctilucent
Stupid question but did you change the IP addresses in the rule to the two hosts that you want to permit?
- Kevin_Davies_40
Nacreous
Just another way of doing the same...
when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { switch [IP::client_addr] { 10.10.10.10 - 10.10.10.20 { return } } reject log local0. "Connection rejected from [IP::client_addr]" } - Terry_Schmidt_1
Nimbostratus
Valid question Cory, but yes, I am replacing the 10.x.x.x addresses with two external addresses with 67.x.x.x and 65.x.x.x. I'll keep working on this.
- Cory_50405
Noctilucent
Is the iRule logging the rejection messages to /var/log/ltm from the two IP addresses you have specified that should be permitted?
- Terry_Schmidt_1
Nimbostratus
Thanks Cory, but I think we have solved this by using this code:
when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { if { not ( [class match [IP::client_addr] equals rtp_allow] ) } { reject } }
This has a Data Group (rtp_allow) with the two IP address in it that are to be allowed. In testing we were able to include my IP address in this Data Group and I was able to access the internal web server page and when my IP address gets removed from the Data Group the web page is not available.
- Cory_50405
Noctilucent
That's a good scaling solution if you want to add more addresses to it moving forward. Glad to hear you got it working.
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