Default pool in a switch statement

Hi Brian,

Did you have an else clause in the if statement? If so, you were assigning a pool in all cases in the iRule. If you didn't have an else clause, I'd guess it was just coincidence that you noticed the issue after changing to a switch statement.

I think it's most intuitive if you use an iRule to assign a pool in some cases to do it in all cases. If you want to reference the VS default pool, you can save the name in CLIENT_ACCEPTED:

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
   set default_pool [LB::server pool]
}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
   switch -glob [HTTP::path] {
      "/app1*" {
         pool pool_app1
  }
      "/app2*" {
         pool pool_app2
  }
      default {
         pool $default_pool
  }
   }
}

Or if you want to avoid specifying the pool in each iRule condition, you could add a OneConnect profile to the virtual server. If you're using SNAT, you can use the default OneConnect profile with a /0 source mask. Else, create a custom /32 source mask OneConnect profile and add that to the virtual server.

Aaron

Thanks, that is helpful info. The reason I was down this path is because one case has a redirect, one just changes the path and the other assigns a new pool. I will take your advice and modify all cases to include the default pool.