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IDRES_Tarek_329's avatar
IDRES_Tarek_329
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Aug 09, 2017

IRULE To MATCH TELENT AND HTTP HOST

Hi, I am a beginner on F5 and i need to forward a TELNET flow from a specific host to pool using Irule. In other words, i need those conditions :   IF TCP port = 23 AND HTTP host == TOTO th...
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Yann_Desmarest's avatar
Yann_Desmarest
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Aug 09, 2017

Hi,

You can use an irule to forward traffic to a specific pool :

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
    if { [TCP::local_port] eq "23" } {
        pool mypool
    }
}

While using telnet is different than HTTP, you can't use HTTP commands. You should stick at the TCP layer to manipulate telnet flows.