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Bubbagump_12531
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Mar 20, 2013

Master toggle and nested pools?

We have a need to have two sets of pools. An active and a passive group of pools. The idea our management has is that one pool will be active, the other passive, and we can deploy code to the passive...
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nitass
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Mar 21, 2013
Then in say all of my 100 other various other iRules I can say?

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if { ([HTTP::host] matches "www.siteabc.com")} {

 

pool /Common/pool_Ruby_$static::pool

 

}

 

}yes

 

 

And they will inherit the value given in the above "GlobalSwitch" iRule?

 

Am I understanding correctly?yes, you are right.

 

 

Do I even need to bind the global variable iRule to anything? This:

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/irules.RULE_INIT.ashx

 

leads me to believe that I just need to define it and not bind it to anything.yes, RULE_INIT event does not need to assign to virtual server.

 

 

iRules 101 - 03 - Variables by Colin

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/tech-tips/articles/irules-101-03-variables

 

 

v.10 - A new iRules Namespace by Colin

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/tech-tips/articles/v10-a-new-irules-namespace