load balancing beetween two next hop irule

Question

Hi!&nbsp;
I am trying to implement an irule to load balancing between two next hops, like the configuration in the network section but in irule. I am implementing this on a Virtual server forwarding IP.&nbsp;
Someting like this:&nbsp;
when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
if { [class match [IP::client_addr] equals "ip_snat"] and [active_members pool_xxxx] &gt; 0 and [class match [IP::local_addr] equals "dst_video_conf"] } {
nexthop vlan_isp3 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nexthop vlan_isp2 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
return
    }
}&nbsp;
Thanks.&nbsp;

jeff_maddox_394 · Answer

You can use rand() with a conditional;¬†
if {rand() &lt; .5} {nexthop blah} else {nexthop other} will send roughly 50/50 to either next hop.¬†
See related article on ratio load balancing:
https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/ratio-load-balancing-using-rand-function¬†

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