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Terje_Gravvold
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusiRule - Retry HTTP post request, including payload, to a secondary pool if primary pool fails
I've scripted a short iRule to handle resending of HTTP post requests, including XML payload/post data, to a secondary pool if primary fails. The rule is based iRule examples and forum posts.
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hoolio
Cirrostratus
CirrostratusThat looks very good. You could add this to the Codeshare (Click here).
You might consider only retrying if the response code is a 50x. An app will respond with a 30x redirect in many scenarios. Likewise, clients (particularly search engine spiders) will often make requests to non-existent objects which generate a 40x response. It would add unnecessary latency and load to retry these requests.
Aaron
