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ccraddock_33000
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Jan 29, 2018

How to block HTTP/S requests to a VIP if the URI contains certain path

DevCentral, I am having a hard time writing an irule that blocks/drops HTTP/S requests to a VIP if the URI contains the following: javax.faces.resource/dynamiccontent.properties.xhtml I have writ...
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MvdG's avatar
MvdG
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Jan 29, 2018

Hi,

 

Why use an iRule?

 

Can't you use a LTM Policy attached to the VS?

 

A LTM Policy let's you define rules to adjust behavior of the VS. If the path contains this value, just reset the traffic.

 

Go to Local Traffic -> Policies -> Policy List and create a new policy.

 

In the policy add a new rule (give it a name) and do the following:

 

HTTP URI Path contains your path, Reset Traffic.

 

Regards, Martijn.

 

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ccraddock_33000
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Jan 29, 2018

Martijn,

I was having issues with the "Actions" portion so I went back to the irule and fixed it. The error I was getting "01070151:3: Rule [/Common/irule_block_javax] error: /Common/irule_block_javax:6: error: [command is not valid in the current scope][}]" was stating that in line 6 I had one too many curly braces. I deleted the curly brace in line 6 and the irule now looks like this and is working:

when HTTP_REQUEST { 
   if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/javax.faces.resource/dynamiccontent.properties.xhtml" } { 
         discard 
      }
}

Thanks for your help.