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BaltoStar_12467
Jun 03, 2013

iRule optimization

My iRule needs to exact-match on host and wild-card match on path.     when HTTP_REQUEST {   switch [string tolower [HTTP::host]] {   "internal.mycompany.com" {   ...
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Jun 03, 2013
i think the 1st one is better.

1st 

[root@ve10:Active] config  b rule myrule list
rule myrule {
   timing on
when HTTP_REQUEST {
  switch [string tolower [HTTP::host]] {
    "internal.mycompany.com" {
      switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::path]] {
        "/api1/*" { }
        "/api2/*" { }
        "/api3/*" { }
      }
    }
  }
}
}

 ab -n 1000 http://internal.mycompany.com/api3/something

[root@ve10:Active] config  b rule myrule show all
RULE myrule
+-> HTTP_REQUEST   1000 total   0 fail   0 abort
    |     Cycles (min, avg, max) = (40248, 54421, 442966)