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harton
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Aug 22, 2011

Common URI

I have a situation where I have a common portal for various customers. Customer A uses www.xyz.com/customerA and customer B uses www.xyz.com/customerB etc. The LTM directs the customers to their own app servers (customer A to pool A, customer B to pool B). There is a new feature that will be implemented, but the problem is that it's a common URI. When customer A clicks on the new feature, the application server replies back with a generic URI as www.xyz.com/nf. The exact same URI is given to customer B. The code can't be changed to make it www.xyz.com/customerA/nf. Is there a way for the LTM to send the data back to the correct pool when the URI has changed to a common one as above?

 

 

 

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  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Aug 22, 2011
    Hi Harton,

    How about setting a cookie if a request comes to a URI starting with /customerA or /customerB indicating which customer the user is and then referencing that in subsequent requests which aren't to a customerA or customerB URI? 

    when HTTP_REQUEST {

    Check if this is a customerA or customerB request
   switch -glob [HTTP::path] {
      "/customerA*" {
         set cust "customerA"
         pool customerA_pool
      }
      "/customerB*" {
         set cust "customerB"
         pool customerB_pool
      }
      default {
          Check if there is a cookie indicating which customer this is
 switch [HTTP::cookie customer] {
    "customerA" {
       pool customerA_pool
    }
    "customerB" {
       pool customerB_pool
    }
    default {
        Specify a default pool name to use here
       pool default_pool

        Unset the customer variable
       if {[info exists cust]}{ unset cust }
    }
 }
      }
   }
}
when HTTP_RESPONSE {

    Set a cookie if we know which customer this is
   if {[info exists cust]}{
      switch $cust {
 "customerA" {
    HTTP::cookie insert customer name "customerA" path "/"
 }
 "customerB" {
    HTTP::cookie insert customer name "customerB" path "/"
 }
      }
   }
}

    Aaron
  • harton's avatar
    harton
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    Aug 22, 2011
    Hi Aaron,

     

     

    Thanks a bunch!!! I'll give this a try.

     

     

     

    Harton