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NimbostratusF5 invoke a java component and a webservice
Hi, i am new to F5, here is my requirement.
From the HTTP requests on my F5 LTM I need to capture all SSN (of the form SSN=123456789) , invoke a Webservice on another machine passing the actual SSN. Replace the SSN with the response from the webservice and send the request to the designated server
if java is not possible , what other languages can be used to call a webservice . Any help would be a great help. How can I enable Java on the LTM and modify incoming request with java ?
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What_Lies_Bene1Cirrostratus
This is possible with a Sideband connection: https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.sideband.ashx however I'd personally prefer to do something like this on a web server as I feel it would be more appropriate for the task. Java is not an option on the F5 whereas obviously it would be on a server.
- Kevin_Stewart
Employee
It would also be reasonable to make a sideband call ONCE for a given SSN, and then cache the web service's response for subsequent requests.
