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Altostratus

Feb 20, 2025

Editing iRule for Maintainance Page with image local in F5 Big-IP iFile

Dear Community, I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to request your assistance in editing the iRule to redirect users to a maintenance page when all nodes are down. While the iRul...

ifile

ifiles maintenance page

MVP

Feb 20, 2025

Hi Omran,

Apologies, I have updated the the iRule code in my original reply (I was referencing the $URI variable which I did not declare). This should hopefully be fixed now, Please try copying and pasting the iRule again.

Faresnani

Altostratus

Feb 20, 2025

Dear Michael,

Thank you for your support and thorough explanation; it has greatly enhanced my understanding of how to use iRule with iFile.

Initially, I encountered difficulties, likely due to my limited coding experience. However, your expertise and suggestions, combining it with AI, helped resolve the issue. below is the result

iRule

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when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [active_members [LB::server pool]] == 0 } {
set uri [HTTP::uri]
switch -glob $uri {
"/iFiles/Blackboard-LOGO" {
HTTP::respond 200 content [ifile get "Blackboard-LOGO"] "Content-Type" "image/png" "Cache-Control" "no-cache" "Connection" "Close"
}
"/iFiles/PSAU-LOGO" {
HTTP::respond 200 content [ifile get "PSAU-LOGO"] "Content-Type" "image/png" "Cache-Control" "no-cache" "Connection" "Close"
}
default {
HTTP::respond 503 content [ifile get "BBApp-maintainance-page.html"] "Content-Type" "text/html" "Cache-Control" "no-cache" "Connection" "Close"
}
}
}
}

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