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karthik_sriniva
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusiRule return not working
I have the following iRule
when HTTP_REQUEST_SEND {
if ( <> } {
return
}
}
I want to present the request from getting to the backend server. But the re...
karthik_srinivaNimbostratus
NimbostratusThanks for your quick response.
I have custom authentication implementation with LDAP. When Authentication fails, I am setting one of the rule variable to a particular value in AUTH_FAILURE, so in the HTTP_RESPONSE event I can redirect the user to particular page.
This works, but the request goes to the backend server and the backend server is expecting the authentication credentials which is not set so an exception thrown. My understanding is, HTTP_REQUEST_SEND is the event which contacts the backend server for data. So I was wondering if I check the variable value in HTTP_REQUEST_SEND and if it's equal to the value set in AUTH_FAILURE event, I am trying to return out of this event, so BigIp will exit out of the HTTP_REQUEST_SEND with out contacting the backend server. But for some reason it does not exit with out connecting to the backend server.
Is there a way to make it return out of HTTP_REQUEST_SEND with out making the backend connection?
