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Dan44
Altostratus
AltostratusGenerate a unique ID with the help of an iRule
Hello everyone I would like to generate a unique ID with the help of an iRule and place it in a header. The goal is to identify the HTTP request by the ID. Has anyone done something like this befo...
Rob_Stonham
Cirrus
CirrusDan44,
I'm not sure about generating the unique ID, I'd look at this article https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/random-string-generators or keep it simple and generate an id like Kai Wilke suggested in https://devcentral.f5.com/s/question/0D51T00006i7W29/how-random-is-rand
set uniqueID [TMM::cmp_unit][clock clicks]Your code also allows a client to supply the header X-Request-ID, is this intended behaviour?
Rob
Dan44Altostratus
AltostratusHi Rob
Thanks for your reply, the links look interesting. I will have a look at them and test the examples.
Regarding your question. It is actually planned that only F5 LTM does the header insert and not the client.
- boneyard
MVP
if that is the case you should remove the HTTP_RESPONSE part
