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crush09_18103
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Aug 30, 2012

Need help with IRULE,

So here is the scenario. We have a "production website" in one facility. We have a "maintenance website" in another facility. They want to be able to be able to change the response on a webpage withi...
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Kevin_Stewart
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Aug 30, 2012
A couple of options:

 

 

1. Sideband call (v11) - not the most performant option but provides near real-time status. Add a sideband GET request in your production VIP's HTTP request

 

 

2. Custom monitor pointed at a "dummy" pool - create a pool with fake IP and attach a custom monitor that does a cURL GET request to your maintenance site, marking the pool down if the response is "down". Then in your production iRule check the status of this pool in your HTTP request.