LTM iRule to access F5 file

Hi,

Why don't you do it by creating ifiles and run in a statement?

e.g.

GET http://exmple.com/Common/file1

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if { [catch { set ifileContent [ifile get [HTTP::path]] }] } {
        HTTP::respond 404 content "File not found"
    } else {
        HTTP::respond 200 content $ifileContent
        unset ifileContent
    }
}

You can also manage that files by command line or iControl.

References:

https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/syncing-local-repositories-with-ifiles-1082

https://techdocs.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/tmos-implementations-13-0-0/9.html

https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/irules/iFile.html

Regards.

Hi cjunior!!

Thank you very much for your comment !!

Taking as an example this http://exmple.com/Common/file1

example.com is an Virtual Server in F5

and the file is in the path /etc/local/file1,

what would the irule be like? Because i have little experience about irules..

I understand that this irule would apply to this virtal server and before we need to create this ifile in this path too.

Best regards and thanks!!

The ifile will work on stored files in BIG-IP system.

So, "/Common/file1" is a LTM file on partition Common wich refers to a imported file on BIG-IP system instead of Linux structure files. With iFile you can securely work with files and iRules.

So, instead of you write files on Linux, import it to BIG-IP. Then, you can automate to import files same as you copy it to Linux by command line.

Here a best explanation on how it works:

https://techdocs.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/tmos-implementations-13-0-0/9.html

Regards.