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Nimbostratus
NimbostratusOnly enable access policy when server response is 401?
We have a site that is a mix of anonymous and authenticated content. The authenticated content lives all over within the site and is maintained by hundreds of content editors, so there's really no pa...
TO add to Josh's suggestion.
If you see the 401 from the server in HTTP_RESPONSE, add some cookie or other marker and redirect client back to the VIP. If the cookie or other marker is seen, then do ACCESS::enable.
JP_135500Nimbostratus
NimbostratusI do have another two questions on this... do I use an iRule Event in the Access Profile to tie into the iRules I am creating for this, or is there another way?
Essentially, I create a variable named 'needsAuth' and set it to 0. I then would have an iRule that checks the response of a request and if it returns 401, set the variable 'needsAuth' to 1. In another iRule, I think just evaluate that variable and if it is set to 1, include ACCESS::enable, otherwise do nothing and continue to have ACCESS::disable hang around.
Both checks need to occur on each request, right? Tying back to my first question... since the AP would be disabled until needed, I shouldn't need to make any changes to it, should I?
Again, thanks for your help!
- You shouldn't have to tie that into the VPE, I think you should only have to apply the irule to the virtual server.
