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Ned_66277
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusIPv6 GTM iRules
We use GTMs to route traffic between our datacenters and we have a number of iRules that route based on source IP or network. We currently are not using IPv6 (with a few minor exceptions including our BigIPs), but for a time I thought we had an issue with a server that had IPv6 enabled on it (which turned out to be something else). I tried a few different ways to format an iRule to recognize an IPv6 source, but I couldn't get it quite right. I haven't done much in the IPv6 world so I was hoping someone can assist.
Sample IPv4
when DNS_REQUEST {
if {[IP::addr [IP::client_addr]/32 equals 10.1.1.1]}{
pool A member 10.2.2.2
}
}
Was hoping to translate it to something similar for IPv6:
[IP::addr [IP::client_addr]/128 equals feff::1234]
[IP::addr [IP::client_addr] mask ::ffff:ffff equals feff::1234]
3 Replies
hoolioCirrostratus
To do a host check, you shouldn't need to specify a subnet mask (whether it's v6 or v4):
if {[IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 10.1.1.1]}
if {[IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals feff::1234]}
For reference, you can use this example to detect an IPv6 address:
if { [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals ::ffff:0000:0000/96] } { log local0. "Yep, that's an IPv4 address" }
Aaron
boomchke_11156Interesting, I havent tried any IPv6 either but its nice to see that you dont need to use a different object to detect it.
Ned_66277Hmm, I initially tried it without subnet mask but it kept giving me "invalid mask" errors which started me down the road of forcing a mask on it. I must have had something else wrong, but this seems to work. Appreciate the response, thanks!
