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Wasfi_Bounni
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Mar 02, 2021
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On an LTM virtual server, does i-rule processing preceed the connection profile or is it the other way around?

Hi;   Let's say we have a load balancing virtual server listening on port 80, and let's say that we define a connection profile on it, which forces the http traffic to move to an internal virtual...
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  • boneyard's avatar
    boneyard
    Mar 03, 2021

    ah, yeah that is quite possible.

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Wasfi_Bounni
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Mar 03, 2021

Sorry Boneyard. I meant a connector profile, which can be used to relay the http request to an internal virtual server. It seems like the external virtual server can only process irules with client_accepted events prior to sending the connection via the connector profile to the internal virtual server. It does not seem like an irule with a http_request event can be processed prior to sending the connection via the connector profile.

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boneyard
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Mar 03, 2021

ah, yeah that is quite possible.