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Rodrigo_Silva_1's avatar
Rodrigo_Silva_1
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Aug 22, 2018

iRule to do simple LB based only in HTTP host or uri.

Hello everyone!   There are several threads about this, but I didn't find any specifically related to a simple HTTP::host or ::uri LB.   Most of my projects so far are based only on WAF without a...
application delivery
iRules
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Lee_Sutcliffe's avatar
Lee_Sutcliffe
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Aug 22, 2018

Hi Rodrigo,

 

There's nothing wrong with your iRule, it's very common to do host or URI based load balancing like this. However current best practice would be to migrate this to an LTM traffic policy in the GUI as it is better for performance

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/local-traffic-policies-getting-started-12-1-0/1.html

 

You wouldn't need to amend the status code in this instance as the applications serviced by the two pools will respond with a status code. You can obviously rewrite this if there is a requirement to do so.

 

Let me know if I can help you further.

 

Lee