How can I read the persistence profile settings using PROFILE::persist

Thanks Aaron for your reply...

 

 

We do have a custom cookie name and I need to read the name from within iRule, so that I can encrypt/decrypt the cookie....Since we have a generic rule, used by different projects (each having their own cookie name), we would like to read it from the PROFILE command.

 

 

Anyone knows the right syntax for PROFILE:: commands? Any examples on how to use it would be really appreciate it. Wiki documentation is really incomplete.

 

 

Thanks,

 

-Asif

 

I think I finally figured out how to use the PROFILE::persist commands (after some trial and error)...

 

 

Here is what I have along with the output

 

 

profile persist my_cookie_profile {

 

defaults from cookie

 

mode cookie

 

cookie mode insert

 

cookie name MY_PERSIST_COOKIE

 

cookie expiration 0d 00:10:00

 

}

 

 

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {

 

if { [PROFILE::exists clientssl] == 1} {

 

log local0. "client SSL profile enabled on virtual server"

 

set cert [PROFILE::clientssl cert]

 

log local0. "clientssl certificate is: $cert"

 

set key [PROFILE::clientssl key]

 

log local0. "clientssl key is: $key"

 

}

 

 

if { [PROFILE::exists persist cookie] == 1} {

 

log local0. "persist cookie profile enabled on virtual server"

 

set cookie_profile_name [PROFILE::persist mode cookie name]

 

log local0. "persist cookie profile name is: $cookie_profile_name"

 

set persist_cookie_name [PROFILE::persist mode cookie cookie_name]

 

log local0. "Name of the cookie used for persistence is: $persist_cookie_name"

 

set cookie_expiration [PROFILE::persist mode cookie cookie_expiration]

 

log local0. "Cookie expiration is set for: $cookie_expiration"

 

}

 

}

 

 

 

***********output**************

 

 

Jun 18 00:30:34 tmm tmm[28049]: Rule read_PROFILE_Commands : client SSL profile enabled on virtual server

 

Jun 18 00:30:34 tmm tmm[28049]: Rule read_PROFILE_Commands : clientssl certificate is: dev-crm.crt

 

Jun 18 00:30:34 tmm tmm[28049]: Rule read_PROFILE_Commands : clientssl key is: dev-crm.key

 

Jun 18 00:30:34 tmm tmm[28049]: Rule read_PROFILE_Commands : persist cookie profile enabled on virtual server

 

Jun 18 00:30:34 tmm tmm[28049]: Rule read_PROFILE_Commands : persist cookie profile name is: my_cookie_profile

 

Jun 18 00:30:34 tmm tmm[28049]: Rule read_PROFILE_Commands : Name of the cookie used for persistence is: MY_PERSIST_COOKIE

 

Jun 18 00:30:34 tmm tmm[28049]: Rule read_PROFILE_Commands : Cookie expiration is set for: 600

I'm glad to hear things are working better for you now. Let us know if you've got any more questions to work through.

 

 

Colin

I talked to PD about getting some details to update the PROFILE:: command pages, and they have agreed to work on it with us in the near term.

 

 

I can't promise anything today, but stay tuned for updates. I will blog about it when we start getting it filled in.

 

 

/deb

Hi iRuleYou,

 

 

Is there something in particular you're looking for? If so and no one here can help, you might try opening a case with F5 Support asking them to provide details an update the wiki page. I got a good response for the PROFILE::http options from them.

 

 

Aaron