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Michael_Jenkins
Cirrostratus
CirrostratusMultiple HOSTS -> Single VIP -> iRule routing to other Virtuals
In our environment, we're limited on the number of external IP addresses we can use. As we are adding additional applications that we want to deliver, we're setting up an environment where multiple h...
Apache1048_5684
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusIf I get what you are trying to do, conserve IP addresses by using a single external IP routing to multiple pools you can do that easily enough as follows.
when HTTP_REQUEST { switch [HTTP::host] { host1.example.com { pool poolname1 } host2.example.com { pool poolname2 } ... ... default { reject } } }
We do this in production with a self imposed rule of 10 sites per external IP - each of which has 3 servers per pool. This is not a hard and fast rule, just an arbitrary number we chose.
