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Nimbostratus
NimbostratusLoad balancing SMPP authentication with MRF and no iRules. Can it be done?
Hi DevCentral,
I will be honest, I do not completely understand how SMPP works, and the full requirements, but of all the configurations required this is the one that's throwing me for a loop. ...
Nat_Thirasuttakorn
Employee
Employeein my opinion,
1.Is it possible to undertake this task without using iRules? and if so, any suggestions/tips for the configuration?
No, it is not possible
2.Based on the message flow, is MRF viable for this solution?
yes, MRF should be able to help.
3.If iRules are required for the requirements, can the iRule example (from above) be used to satisfy this requirement?
I believe the iRule example sort of satisfy this requirement. the different is, for example, it may not try to authenticate to all server at beginning, it may do authenticate when it connects. perhaps, with a small modification you can get exactly what you need.
However, one thing to note, the iRule example is based on "mblb" profile which is old way for doing message-based load balancing. "mblb" will be obsoleted in near future. MRF is current framework for message-based routing. I would suggest using MRF for a better supportability. but you need to re-write iRule for it.
the MRF related iRule syntax can be found here...
https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.GENERICMESSAGE.ashx
https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.MR.ashx
I don't have sample MRF iRule to show at the moment (maybe other member have) when I have a chance I may post some example here
Nat