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gurrish_132043
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Sep 23, 2013

Import iRule from iRule

Hi! I wonder if anyone knows if it's possible to import an iRule depending on incoming parameters? My case is that I don't want to have to complicated iRules with lots of "ifs" in them. I want ...
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What_Lies_Bene1
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Sep 23, 2013

You could certainly compress all the if statements into a single switch statement quite easily which would simplify things somewhat. Let me know if you need some example code.

 

You can't call one iRule from another unfortunately but if you have large blocks of code that are similar perhaps stored procedures might help (v11.4 onwards): https://devcentral.f5.com/articles/getting-started-with-irules-procedures. If it's not attractive, being smart in general around naming conventions and common code etc. can often be just as good.