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May 05, 2012

Optimizing Irule

Hi below is a rule being used together with geofilter and looking at the specific uri and then sending requests to different pools based on the Country, is there a more effective way todo the same thing with the switch command ?

Any suggestions for optimization appreciated.

 

 

 

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {

 

if {([class match [whereis [IP::client_addr] country] eq Allowed_Country_Test] or [class match [IP::client_addr] eq allowed_ip])} {

 

set allowed 1 }

 

else { set allowed 0 }}

 

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if { $allowed } {

 

if {[whereis [IP::client_addr] country ] eq "FI" and [HTTP::uri] contains "/compass/" } {

 

pool CompassFI_Test_http_pool

 

 

} elseif {[whereis [IP::client_addr] country ] eq "DK" and [HTTP::uri] contains "/compass/" } {

 

pool CompassDK_Test_http_pool

 

 

} else {

 

pool Compass_Test_http_pool

 

}

 

} else {

 

do whatever you want to indicate the block, e.g.

 

HTTP::respond 403 content "The country or IP is not allowed to access this site"

 

 

 

}

 

}

 

 

 

 

/Craig

 

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  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    May 07, 2012
    Hi Craig,

     

     

    Here's an example which minimized the repeated commands with an intermediate variable for the country code:

     

     

    when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
set cc [whereis [IP::client_addr] country]
if { [class match $cc eq Allowed_Country_Test] or [class match [IP::client_addr] eq allowed_ip] } {
set allowed 1
} else {
set allowed 0
}
}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { $allowed } {
switch $cc {
"FI" -
"DK" {
if {[HTTP::uri] contains "/compass/" } {
pool Compass${cc}_Test_http_pool
} else {
pool Compass_Test_http_pool
}
}
default {
pool Compass_Test_http_pool
}
}
} else {
  do whatever you want to indicate the block, e.g. 
 HTTP::respond 403 content "The country or IP is not allowed to access this site"
}
}

     

     

    Aaron
  • CGI's avatar
    CGI
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    May 08, 2012
    Thanks Aaron that was much cleaner than the previous rule. /Craig
  • CGI's avatar
    CGI
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    May 15, 2012

    Hi Aaron it would seem that we have a problem with the application it needs the ports to be changed in the host header,and we use diiferent ports depending on the country.

     

    Now i know the synatx for the port change:-

     

     

    HTTP::header replace Host [string map {:80 :7775} [HTTP::host]] for Finland and then

     

     

    HTTP::header replace Host [string map {:80 :7776} [HTTP::host]] for Denmark and then last

     

     

    HTTP::header replace Host [string map {:80 :7777} [HTTP::host]] for the default pool

     

     

    But iam not sure how to combine these statements in the optimised irule you helped me with.

     

     

    Now i could probably do this i another irule but it would be much better to combine them.

     

     

    Any ideas ?

     

     

    /Craig