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JoeK_10405
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Jan 16, 2009

Intercept client request to fix broken app

Breakfix Needed. Client requests causes app to loop and eat all resources, and fix will take some weeks to migrate through to production. So in the meantime, I need to leverage/show off iRules in our ...
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Nicolas_Menant
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Jan 16, 2009
   
      
   when HTTP_REQUEST {          
      if {[HTTP::method] equals "OPTIONS" } {   
        log local0. "OPTIONS method detected"   
        if  {[HTTP::uri] equals "/storeWeb/authentication/AuthenticationServlet"} {   
            log local0. "uri equals /storeWeb/authentication/AuthenticationServlet!"   
            if {[HTTP::version] eq "1.1" } {          
              log local0. "intercept response !"   
             HTTP::respond 200            
             HTTP::header insert Allow: GET, HEAD, POST, TRACE, OPTIONS           
            }          
          }     
      }   
   }

I added some logging you can check into /var/log/ltm. If it works remove it since it will use more cpu with it (it's just for troubleshooting)

P.S: i couldn't test it so if you have some syntax error don't hesitate to post and i'll try to help