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mulhollandm_648
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Dec 11, 2013

can i use an irule to route traffic

folks   is it possible to route traffic directly to a endpoint   for example   if i have several web servers, 10.5.5.5, 10.6.6.6, 10.7.7.7, 10.4.4.4 etc   can i use a single irule so the ...
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Christian_30338's avatar
Christian_30338
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Dec 11, 2013

Hello, yes you can use the irules "node" command to route traffic directly to a server. For example.

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if { [HTTP::uri] ends_with ".gif" } {
         node 10.1.2.200 80
    }
}

However this doesn't take advantage of any of the load balancing technology and you still have to define the nodes in the iRule. Another option you might want to have a look at depending on your architecture and application design is a forwarding VIP. This can be used to route traffic to an endpoint.

Does that answer your question?

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mulhollandm_648
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Dec 11, 2013
christian thanks for your help would i need a forward vip for each web server? thanks again