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JimT
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Feb 05, 2016

Automatic reduce connection limit based on status of application server

Hi, Hope someone here can point me in the right direction, and give some hints if the following is possible:   We have a VIP with three members. When the developers wants to add a new feature or u...
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Hannes_Rapp
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Feb 05, 2016

Why would you want to reduce the connection limit, instead of just marking the pool member unavailable during a maintenance window or release? To me, it does not make sense, but maybe there are some valid reasons. I want to know!

 

As an automated/delegated activation solution, I would not consider anything besides an iControlREST implementation. You might want to develop a basic HTML front-end (somewhere outside BigIP) which triggers an iControlREST API call, based on user input. The front-end server can authenticate itself to BigIP with a client-certificate, you do not have to share BigIP auth credentials with externals.

 

iControlREST Ref: https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iControlREST.HomePage.ashx

 

PDF Docu (11.5): https://devcentral.f5.com/d/icontrol-rest-user-guide-version-1150