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RSpangler_17032
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Sep 16, 2014

Adding a maintenance page to the pool

Good day SME's, Please forgive me as I am new to all of this. Management wants me to come up to speed on the F5's as our person who handled it is no longer with the company. I am looking to add ...
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Arie
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Sep 16, 2014

HTTP::host returns (or sets in v11.5+) the value of the HTTP header "host". This is not related to load balancing / routing.

 

[LB::server pool] gives you access to the pool the VIP uses, which means that you can (among other things) query it to see how many of its members are available (up).

 

The order of the iRules can be important; it depends on the functionality of each. It is also possible to force an order by setting it in the individual rules.