How to block a specific URL

Hi Marcel,

Unfortunately you cannot block something that specific without a iRule but you can build an irule that hopefully is easier to update when you want to expand what you want to block.

I typical uri block would look something like the following:

Expanding this to include different URIs using the switch command 
when HTTP_REQUEST {
   switch [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] {
   "/path1" -
   "/path2" -
   "/path3" -
    .
    .
    .
   "/PathN" { drop }
   }
}

Taking this further you may have an even larger list you can use datagroups

class blockthis {
   "/path1"
   "/Path2"
}

when HTTP_REQUEST {
     if {[class match [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] equals blockthis } {
       drop
       }

This allows you to continue to add URI's you want to block. You can also replace "drop" with HTTP::redirect "http://redirected.com/uri" which can be used to redirect the client instead of dropping the connection or you can write up a sorry page response for example

HTTP::respond 200 content "We are sorry, but the site you are looking for is temporarily offline for services, please try back later

If you feel you have reached this page in error, please try again."

I hope this helps,

Bhattman