iRule to redirect based on client username

well source IP or usernames are just arbitrary fields, It is very trivial to change the data source you are using. It could depend where you are getting the username from, as that could take all sorts of forms and you've not said if this is an HTTP header, cookie value etc.

 

 

In the simple exampels given here, just change the variable you are using for the input of the switch http://devcentral.f5.com/Community/GroupDetails/tabid/1082223/asg/50/aft/21726/showtab/groupforums/Default.aspx

Do you want to do a mapping for all clients to specific pools, or just a subset of users?

 

 

As Chris said, how you do this depends on what authentication method you're using. If you confirm that we can help with examples of selecting a pool based on username.

 

 

Aaron

Just a subset of users to specific pools and HTTP is the authentication method.

 

 

Thank you!

If you're using basic HTTP auth, you can parse the username with HTTP::username:

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.http__username.ashx

You can map the username to pool name using a data group. To do the lookup, you can use class match -value:

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
 Save the VS default pool name
set default_pool [LB::server pool]
}
when HTTP_REQUEST {

 Check if the basic auth username is present
if {[HTTP::username] ne ""}{
 Check if the default 
set pool_name [class match -value [HTTP::username] equals user_to_pool_dg]
if {$pool_name ne ""}{
 Select the pool and exit the iRule event
pool $pool_name
return
}
}
 If we are still in the iRule, a pool was not selected so pick the default pool
pool $default_pool
}

Aaron

Thank you - I will try that