More efficient way to get pool member status per URL using iControl?

That's what the eval section of the code is supposed to do. It inserts the authentication headers in the first request (if you have a new enough version of SOAP::Lite. The issue with your code is that you are adding the headers to the $Rule object and not the $WIDEIP object that you are using.

 

 

Give this a try:

 

 

 $WIDEIP = SOAP::Lite 
 -> uri('urn:iControl:GlobalLB/WideIP') 
 -> proxy("$sProtocol://$sHost:$sPort/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi"); 
 eval { $WIDEIP->transport->http_request->header 
 ( 
 'Authorization' => 
 'Basic ' . MIME::Base64::encode("$sUID:$sPWD", '') 
 ); };

 

 

-Joe