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junior
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Jul 17, 2019

F5 IRULE cannot use [LB::server pool] in FLOW_INIT context

Hi,   Anyone know why I cannot use [LB::server pool] in FLOW_INIT context it works fine in HTTP_REQUEST? Is there a way to get pool name attached to VIP in RULE_INT don't want to hard code pool n...
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Jul 18, 2019

As the linked article above describes, the purpose of the FLOW_INIT event is for the following use cases:

 

  • Override ACL action
  • Bandwidth control on both client/server flows
  • Routing to another Vip
  • Marking qos tos/dscp on both client/server flows

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So you will need to move up to the application layer to be able to use [LB::server pool] .