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Dan_123791
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Mar 06, 2015

different Irule behaviour for HTTP_REQUEST vs LB_FAILED

Hi,   I have an irule which has a full webpage embedded within it (including an exceptionally long style tag).   when I trigger this iRule using   when HTTP_REQUEST {   then the full web...
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Dan_123791
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Apr 09, 2015

Thanks Michael J, definitely this is some sort of bug but it does not work with the workarounds suggested

 

Finally landed up using advice from this link: https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/how-to-create-irule-to-deliver-an-alternate-page-response-other-than-page-unavailable

 

i.e. when HTTP_REQUEST { if {[active_members [LB::server pool]] < 1} { switch [HTTP::uri] { "/guardian_header.jpg" { HTTP::respond 200 content [ifile get "guardian_header_jpg"] } "/guardian_logo.jpg" { HTTP::respond 200 content [ifile get "guardian_logo_jpg"] } default { HTTP::respond 200 content [ifile get "maint_index_html"] } } } }