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meenny_60187
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Mar 29, 2016

iRule load balance based on HTTP header username

I'm trying to modify an existing iRule below by creating a logic where it will parse the username being used, and load balance based on the username, while still using the HTTP::uri command. I know ...
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Yann_Desmarest
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Mar 29, 2016
when HTTP_REQUEST { 
    if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/" } { 
        HTTP::uri /login/ 
        pool default 
    } elseif { [HTTP::uri] equals "/" and [HTTP::username] contains "username1" or [HTTP::username] contains "username2" or [HTTP::username] contains "username3" } { 
        HTTP::uri /3dspace/ pool pool1 
    } 
}
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Yann_Desmarest
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Mar 29, 2016
If I understand correctly, your authentication process is a web login page. The HTTP::username command get the username from the Basic Authorization header so this irule can't work for you. You have to parse the POST body of the login url to get the username. You can use the command HTTP::payload and HTTP::collect to retrieve the username.