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SKumar_381722
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Jan 21, 2019

can iRule work without assigning it to any virtual server ?

I have a LTM box, where I could see there are some customer iRules present under Local Traffic->iRule List. However,I could not see these iRules mapped to any Virtual Server. I am sure these iRules a...
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CharlesCS's avatar
CharlesCS
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Jan 21, 2019

The RULE_INIT event is not traffic-oriented. It is triggered when the BIG-IP system is loaded, or when the iRule itself is modified (and therefore gets re-initialized). See here for further details.