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AltocumulusNew to the community
Hello all,
I am a Network & Security Freelancer by profession. I look after providing solutions for Firewalls, Routing/Switching and network design and implementation in general.
Recently, I have started exploring BigIP F5 Load Balancers. Mostly I am trying to get hand on it via LAB practice using trial licenses. While exploring the BigIP LB, I came across this DevCentral community and so I am here :) .
So it looks, my questions or queries posted here will be answered or solved.
Today, I am looking for the help on iRules and LTM policy.
What are the differences?
What will be uses cases of both?
Any advantages of one on other?
Looking for the answers.
First of all, welcome to the Community!
If you are exploring the BigIP F5 products and you are having questions/queries to be asked then, YOU ARE AT RIGHT PLACE..Here are my inputs to your questions -
What are the differences?
-The key difference is the order of execution. LTM policy takes precedence over iRule in the execution sequence.
-With LTM policy, it will have less overhead for traffic processing when compare to iRule handling the same execution.
-iRule is still relevant as it will be used for some specific requirement/s which are not flexible with LTM policies.What will be uses cases of both?
-LTM policies comes with different use cases like, redirects, forward, matching some specific condition based on GEO IP, etc.
-iRule can be created to perform similar executions which are done by LTM policies. But apart from this, iRule becomes more relevant when we have some complex use cases/needs.
Any advantages of one on other?
Each one has its own advantages.LTM Policy -
-Less performance overhead while processing the traffic
-Take priority over iRule
-Easy to configure and manageiRules -
-Useful for more complex and custom requirements.
-Comes with more flexible options.You can also refer this article for more information.
Hope it helps!
Let us know when you test your first iRule and a LTM policy in your LAB setup.
- Mayur_Sutare
MVP
First of all, welcome to the Community!
If you are exploring the BigIP F5 products and you are having questions/queries to be asked then, YOU ARE AT RIGHT PLACE..Here are my inputs to your questions -
What are the differences?
-The key difference is the order of execution. LTM policy takes precedence over iRule in the execution sequence.
-With LTM policy, it will have less overhead for traffic processing when compare to iRule handling the same execution.
-iRule is still relevant as it will be used for some specific requirement/s which are not flexible with LTM policies.What will be uses cases of both?
-LTM policies comes with different use cases like, redirects, forward, matching some specific condition based on GEO IP, etc.
-iRule can be created to perform similar executions which are done by LTM policies. But apart from this, iRule becomes more relevant when we have some complex use cases/needs.
Any advantages of one on other?
Each one has its own advantages.LTM Policy -
-Less performance overhead while processing the traffic
-Take priority over iRule
-Easy to configure and manageiRules -
-Useful for more complex and custom requirements.
-Comes with more flexible options.You can also refer this article for more information.
Hope it helps!
Let us know when you test your first iRule and a LTM policy in your LAB setup.
NetworkFreelancerThank you so much Mayur.
This is helpful to me. Appreciate your response.
- Mayur_Sutare
Hi NetworkFreelancer I am glad to know that it helped you.
Could you please mark my post as accepted solution if it solved your query?
If you get any other query/question in future, feel free to create new conversation. Thanks!
Cheers!
M
- NetworkFreelancer
Sure thing.
Thank you for updating me with this option. As a newbie on the community, I am still trying to explore and understand the different options here.