Combining http_request and client_accepted?

Hi,

 

 

The CLIENT_ACCEPTED event is triggered when a TCP connection is established (or UDP packet received?). It can be used for TCP (or UDP) level commands. The HTTP_REQUEST event is triggered when an HTTP profile is associated with the VIP and an HTTP request is received. It can be used for TCP (or UDP) and HTTP level commands.

 

 

If you want to inspect the HTTP content (the URI) you should associate an HTTP profile on the VIP and use HTTP_REQUEST. In general, I think the only reason you would use CLIENT_ACCEPTED instead of HTTP_REQUEST is if you don't want the overhead of having TMM parse the HTTP and are just using lower layer functionality like making decisions based on the IP address or ports involved in the request.

 

 

You can change the URI using 'HTTP::uri /new/uri'. You can send a redirect to using 'HTTP::redirect https://myhost/redirected.html'. TMM handles the port translation from what the client requested to the port of the node, if you have port translation enabled on the VIP.

 

 

Aaron