I need to write a few iRules for policy NATing and using Shared Objects, would make the task (and iRules) cleaner and less complex. For instance: when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { if {[matchclass[IP::remote_addr]] equals "international-sites_netgrp"} { pool "infoblox-report" # log local0 }} Where international-sites_netgrp is a shared object address list that contains 2 other address lists which are /16 networks. Dave

I don't believe it is possible to reference Shared Objects within an iRule; you can only reference internal or external data groups. I agree, it would be useful to have it as a feature though.

Can i use shared objects as I do data groups, in iRules?

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