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dra1nbama9e
Altostratus
AltostratusiRule URI rewrites don't always use the correct pool
Hello F5 community! I have created an iRule for specific URI rewrites, but it seems that the requests are not getting directed always to the proper pool. Example: We want www.example.com/api/views...
dra1nbama9e Can you please provide the configuration of your virtual server that this is associated to? My guess currently is that that host was sent to the incorrect pool previously and when the new request came in again for the new path it went to the old pool. You can try configuring a /32 OneConnect profile and configuring it on the virtual server in question to see if that corrects the issue.
Paulius
MVP
MVPdra1nbama9e Can you please provide the configuration of your virtual server that this is associated to? My guess currently is that that host was sent to the incorrect pool previously and when the new request came in again for the new path it went to the old pool. You can try configuring a /32 OneConnect profile and configuring it on the virtual server in question to see if that corrects the issue.
dra1nbama9eHello Paulius
Thank you for the prompt reply. Indeed I configured a /32 oneconnect profile and now is seems that all the requests are redirected only to the correct pool.
Not sure I understand why though :D !- Paulius
dra1nbama9e The reason this happens is because the iRule to pool match is only performed on the initial HTTP request from the client. So when the client comes in they match a different part of the iRule and get sent to that pool and then from that point forward every subsequent request is then sent to that same pool. With a OneConnect profile every HTTP request is looked at and a iRule validation of that request is made. The primary use of the OneConnect profile is to reuse connections between the F5 and the pool member but the side-effect is that it looks at every HTTP request and analyzes them separately. The following might help you with some additional understanding.
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K7208