large number of redirects

Hi Tom,

 

 

I think that you are on the right track with the Switch Command. Unless you wanted to make a more generic iRule that uses a Datagroup to store the URI and Redirect Locations to make it simpler to manage (then you would just manage the Datagroup instead of a large iRule).

Michael,

 

 

I have yet to use a datagroup. Can you show me an example of the irule and the datagroup i would use to solve my problem? I wasn't able to apply the example i found on askf5 to my particular problem.

 

 

Thanks

If I may add, you have to consider whether you want to manage 142 patterns via a table structure or within procedural code. My money is on the data group option.

Can anyone show me how i might apply my problem to a datagroup? i have yet to use one, so i am unclear. I wasn't able to apply the example i found on askf5 to my particluar problem.

 

 

thanks

Sure.

Step 1: create a data group (LTM GUI: iRule | Data Group List | Create). Enter a name (example "my_test_dg"), select "String" type, and start entering strings and values. Example:

"/something-else" := "http://our-domain.com/some/other/URI/values"

"/something" := "http://our-domain.com/some/URI/values"

"/and-so-on" := "http://our-domain.com/and/so/on"

** I would order these from most to least specific if the URIs start with the same string values.

Step 2: Create the iRule:

when HTTP_REQUEST {
     if { [class match [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with my_test_dg] } {
          HTTP::redirect [class match -value [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with my_test_dg]
     }
}