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BIG IP F5 IRule with data group to check if date has passed
Hello,
I have a datagroup of kind string/external file, which has hosts on the first field, and dates with format YYYY-MM-DD on the second field. I want to create an irule that will do something when the date on the same row of the host has passed, or do something else if it doesn't.
Example:
"www.google.com" := "2020-04-16"
In this case I want to do something, and if the date was 2024-11-25 I would want to do something else.
Right now, it's not working for me, as I've tried with my Irule for a number of times. I am not even getting anything in the log.
My irule:
when HTTP_REQUEST priority 100 { if { not (
( [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 1.1.0.0%2/15]) or
( [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 2.2.4.0%2/24]) or
( [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 3.3.23.0%2/24]) or
( [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 4.4.41.0%2/24]) or
( [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 5.5.66.0%2/24]) or
( [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 6.6.236.65%2/24]) or
( [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 7.7.151.0%2/24]) or
( [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 8.8.6.0%2/23]) or
( [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 9.9.8.0%2/21]) or
( [HTTP::host] ends_with "co.il") or
( [HTTP::host] ends_with "sites.example.com")
) } {
if { [string tolower [class match -name "[HTTP::host]" equals /Common/webrules_tal]] ne "" } {
set expire_date [clock scan { class match -value equals /Common/webrules_tal }]
log local0. "Got host address: [HTTP::host]"
if { [clock seconds] < [clock scan { "$expire_date" }] } {
HTTP::redirect "https://www.youtube.com"
}
}
}
}
How can I do something like this in my Irule?
Note: The IP address restriction above is to restrict by IP, these IP addresses are not mine, they're there just for this post.
Thank you!
Tal Sabadia
So, this code will return the value of the date you've mapped to every host
when HTTP_REQUEST { set host [string tolower [HTTP::host]] set now [clock seconds] ; log local0. "now is $now" set expire_date "1991-01-01" if { [class match $host eq test-string] }{ set expire_date [class match -value "$host" equals test-string] } else { log local0. "$host does not have a value in datagroup"} log local0. "expire date is $expire_date" set exp_clock [clock scan $expire_date]; log local0. "exp_clock is $exp_clock" }
Here's what variables look like
Dec 21 12:39:47 bigip info tmm4[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: now is 1603535987 Dec 21 12:39:47 bigip info tmm4[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: expire date is 2024-04-16 Dec 21 12:39:47 bigip info tmm4[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: exp_clock is 1713218400 Dec 21 12:40:53 bigip info tmm1[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: now is 1603536053 Dec 21 12:40:53 bigip info tmm1[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: www.random.com does not have a value in datagroup Dec 21 12:40:53 bigip info tmm1[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: expire date is 1991-01-01 Dec 21 12:40:53 bigip info tmm1[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: exp_clock is 662684400
So, this code will return the value of the date you've mapped to every host
when HTTP_REQUEST { set host [string tolower [HTTP::host]] set now [clock seconds] ; log local0. "now is $now" set expire_date "1991-01-01" if { [class match $host eq test-string] }{ set expire_date [class match -value "$host" equals test-string] } else { log local0. "$host does not have a value in datagroup"} log local0. "expire date is $expire_date" set exp_clock [clock scan $expire_date]; log local0. "exp_clock is $exp_clock" }
Here's what variables look like
Dec 21 12:39:47 bigip info tmm4[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: now is 1603535987 Dec 21 12:39:47 bigip info tmm4[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: expire date is 2024-04-16 Dec 21 12:39:47 bigip info tmm4[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: exp_clock is 1713218400 Dec 21 12:40:53 bigip info tmm1[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: now is 1603536053 Dec 21 12:40:53 bigip info tmm1[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: www.random.com does not have a value in datagroup Dec 21 12:40:53 bigip info tmm1[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: expire date is 1991-01-01 Dec 21 12:40:53 bigip info tmm1[11336]: Rule /Common/iRule_DC <HTTP_REQUEST>: exp_clock is 662684400
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