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Tyler_Brown_949's avatar
Tyler_Brown_949
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Oct 19, 2015

iRule to Extract and Repsond back with client IP

All, I've got the following iRule setup that's being used as a health check for some of our clients. Right now the text we reply back with is a basic static value "TestOk". I'm wondering if its...
Brad_Parker's avatar
Brad_Parker
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Oct 19, 2015

Give this a try:

when HTTP_REQUEST {
     Look for a URI  If found send back an HTTP 200
    if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/about/health/status" } {
         Send a 200 response with data
        HTTP::respond 200 "X-Responce" "TestOk for client [getfield [IP::client_addr] {%} 1]"
    }
    else {
        drop
    }
}
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Tyler_Brown_949
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Oct 19, 2015
Thanks for the quick response Brad, I'll give that a try. I just got it working with the following as well. when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { if {[active_members client-443-pool-01] < 1}{ reject } } when HTTP_REQUEST { Look for a URI If found send back an HTTP 200 if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/about/health/status" } { Send a 200 response with data HTTP::respond 200 "X-PublicIP" "[IP::client_addr]" "X-Responce" "TestOk" } else { drop } }