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keith_varga_107's avatar
keith_varga_107
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Jul 30, 2013

F5 irule points to websockets server, but no response back

Currently, we run 32bit 10.2.3 F5.   We are trying to use websockets via an irule.   For example, the user comes in via the https F5 virtual server, and is directed via an irule to the websoc...
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Kevin_Stewart's avatar
Kevin_Stewart
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Sep 30, 2013

That looks good. I also see that you went from matchclass to class match. You could technically streamline a little bit more by negating the UnrestrictedUris condition:

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
    HTTP::enable
}
when HTTP_REQUEST { 
    if { ([HTTP::uri] starts_with "/the-websocket-uri") } {
        HTTP::disable
    } elseif { not ( [class match [HTTP::uri] starts_with UnrestrictedUris] ) } { 
         Drop the request
        drop
    } 
}