external calss

Here is a bit more info:

'b class help' info:

External classes

You can store class list information outside the bigip.conf file.

b class extern {

}

The parameter can be one of "filename", "type", or "mode".

The parameter depends on which property is being assigned.

Valid values for "type" are "string", "value", or "ip". Valid values

for "mode" are "read" and "rw". The ip values can be in "network

mask " or "host " format.

The following is an example of an external class configuration.

b class ipvals extern {

filename /home/ip2.class

type ip

mode rw

}

Here is an example...

From the bigip.conf:

class spammers_list extern {
   type ip
   filename "/var/class/external_class"
}

rule external_class_rule {
   when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
      if { ([matchclass [IP::client_addr] equals $::spammers_list])} {
         log "[IP::client_addr] matched"
      }
   }
}

cat /var/class/external_class

host 172.29.0.10,

network 10.0.0.0 mask 255.0.0.0,

Hope this helps,

Aaron