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KimiLi_147173's avatar
KimiLi_147173
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Jan 09, 2017

How to make a http switching iRule that can deal with websocket requests?

Hi all, We use a http switching iRule which is associated with a http profile on LTM 11.2.0, to transfer traffic to different pools according to URL of the requests, in order to save IP addresses, ...
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Faruk_AYDIN's avatar
Faruk_AYDIN
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Jan 09, 2017

http profile does not understand websocket protocol. After websocket handshake, you must disable http: Add the following code the bottom of your irule :

 

if { [string tolower [HTTP::header Upgrade]] contains "websocket" }{
      HTTP::disable
}