iRule problem: what is the matter whith this iRule?

Mazen2006,

The obvious issue is you cannot call the HTTP::uri command in event HTTP_RESPONSE.

See the wiki to confirm: HTTP_RESPONSE

Not sure how you could achieve what you need to achieve, however, but I hope I can get you moving in the right direction. There will be better iRulers than I on DC that can help.

N

You might also want to lose the brackets around HTTP::redirect. :)

/Patrik

It would be very helpful if you could give a quick explanation of what you're trying to accomplish.

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if {  [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/necpf/vod-i1-64/cpprospect/" } {
        if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] ends_with "/media_cpa/sfr/cpprospect/maintenence/maintenance.jpg" } {
            HTTP::redirect "http://172.19.224.62:9000/media_app/sfr/cpprospect/maintenance/maintenance.jpg"
        } else {
            HTTP::redirect "http://172.19.224.62:9000/media_app/sfr/cpprospect/maintenance/maintenance.html"
        }
    }
}

This section basically says, if the URI starts with "/necpf/vod-i1-64/cpprospect/" and ends with "/media_cpa/sfr/cpprospect/maintenence/maintenance.jpg", do a browser redirect to http://172.19.224.62:9000 with a new URI. This IP is an RFC 1918 internal address, so is this an internal network where users have access to this IP directly, or do you mean to pass the traffic through a BIG-IP virtual server? If the latter, an HTTP redirect causes the browser to make a request to a specified location. Given that this server is likely behind the BIG-IP and a virtual server, you'll probably want to create a pool for 172.19.224.62:9000 and use a pool statement to route the traffic:

pool maintenance_pool
HTTP::uri "/media_app/sfr/cpprospect/maintenance/maintenance.jpg"

Your HTTP_RESPONSE code is a little confusing. First, as Nathan states, you cannot use HTTP::uri in this event because this information isn't part of an HTTP response. The only places you'll generally see URIs in an HTTP response is in a redirect Location header, or in the HTTP payload itself, in which case there are different approaches for evaluating each.

If you want to do something with the URI in a respond you need to set it as a variable in HTTP_REQUEST, something like:

request_URI = [HTTP::uri]

Then in the HTTP_RESPONSE you can check it using $request_URI.

However, if you are trying to do a redirect in HTTP_RESPONSE, I would assume that you really want to do it base on something the server sent, not based on a request the client sent. If you are doing something based on what the client sent, that would be done in HTTP_REQUEST.

1. You're doing case insensitive comparisons on URI's when URI's are case sensitive
2. The redirects aren't in quotes...

Are we checking for syntax (The errors trying to save will tell you that) or function (What is the aim exactly?)

H

To be reliable, you'd have to redirect to a page that loads a jpg as well... If the client is expecting text/html and gets pack a jpg, it may not like it (Think it would depend on the client).

H