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Sean_Lagerholm_
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Jan 24, 2006

iRule syntax problems

I keep getting an error that I'm missing a close brace. I'm trying to implement the following irule :     rule myweb_service {   when HTTP_REQUEST {   if {[HTTP::host] eq "mysite1.com"}...
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Joe_Pruitt's avatar
Joe_Pruitt
Jan 24, 2006
A couple of points.

1) remove the "rule" enclosure unless you are editing from the configuration file directly.

2) use "elseif" instead of "else if".

when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [HTTP::host] eq "mysite1.com" } {
    pool mysite1.com
  } elseif { [HTTP::host] eq "mysite2.com" } {
    pool mysite2.com
  } elseif { [HTTP::host] eq "mysite3.com" } {
    pool mysite3.com
  } elseif { [HTTP::host] eq "mysite4.com" } {
    pool mysite4.com
  } elseif { [HTTP::host] eq "mysite5.com" } {
    pool mysite5.com
  } elseif { [HTTP::host] eq "mysite6.com" } {
    pool mysite6.com
  } elseif { [HTTP::host] eq "mysite7.com" } {
    pool mysite7.com
  } else { 
    discard
  }
}

You could also make this much cleaner by using an external data group (do a search for matchclass/findclass in the forums).

-Joe