HTTP response timeout

I don't think it's really possible to do exactly what you've described with an iRule. I can't think of a way to start a counter and then check to see if it's passed the timeout x number of seconds later. The check would have to be done in an event.

 

 

The closest that I can think of is to set a timer when the HTTP request headers are parsed in HTTP_REQUEST. You could then check the elapsed time in the HTTP_RESPONSE event (when LTM parses the server's response HTTP headers). If the response was received in less than 1 second you could allow the response to be sent back to the client. If the response comes in after 1 second you could drop the response when it's received and send back a different response to the client.

 

 

Out of curiosity, why do you need to set such a low timeout? Most HTTP clients can handle a longer wait than one second.

 

 

Aaron