persisting on a cookie

If you want to parse part of the cookie value, you can use 'string range' (Click here) to get it. It would be good to make sure there is a value before trying to persist on it.

 

 

Aaron

I need to persist on a cookie but its name changes every session.

 

Only first four characters stay the same.

 

It's not the cookie value.

 

I just need a way of catching the right cookie since there are couple.

Sorry, for the cookie name, you could loop through the cookies by name:

  
 foreach a_cookie [HTTP::cookie names] { 
  
    if {$a_cookie starts_with "1234"}{ 
  
        Found a cookie that starts with 1234, so do something 
    } 
 } 
 

Aaron

Thank you!

 

One more thing..

 

I got this updated iRule:

 

   
 when HTTP_RESPONSE {     
   foreach a_cookie [HTTP::cookie names] {      
     if {$a_cookie starts_with "1234"}{      
       persist add uie [HTTP::cookie "$a_cookie"]      
       log local0.debug "Cookie persist - client IP: [IP::client_addr], Cookie: $a_cookie, Server IP: [IP::server_addr]"     
     } else {     
       persist source_addr 255.255.255.255 3600      
       log local0.debug "Source persist - client IP: [IP::client_addr] , Server IP: [IP::server_addr]"     
       }     
    }     
 }     
 when HTTP_REQUEST {     
   foreach a_cookie [HTTP::cookie names] {      
      if {$a_cookie starts_with "1234"}{      
        persist uie [HTTP::cookie "a_cookie"]      
        log local0.debug "Client IP: [IP::client_addr], Cookie value: $a_cookie"     
       }      
    }      
 }    
 

 

I would like to persist on a cookie which starts with 1234, but if it's not available I need to run source IP persistence.

 

I already set this up in the HTTP_RESPONSE but I just wonder how to enable it on a VS is my primary persistence will be set to Universal.

 

If the fallback persistence will work in this example or I need to add more code looking up the persistence table for this IP?

I think I finally got it.

Thanks!

  
 }timing on  
 HTTP responds catches the first responds from the node to back to the client.  
 It checking all cookies in the header and grabs all starting with 1234.  
 After it adds the cookie value to the persistance table and log values to syslog.  
 Else persist the client for 60 minutes based on source IP with /32 mask and log values to syslog.  
  
 when HTTP_RESPONSE {  
 foreach a_cookie [HTTP::cookie names] {   
 if {$a_cookie starts_with "1234"}{   
 persist add uie [HTTP::cookie "$a_cookie"]   
 log local0.debug "Cookie persist - client IP: [IP::client_addr], Cookie: $a_cookie, Server IP: [IP::server_addr]"  
 } else {  
 persist source_addr 255.255.255.255 3600   
 log local0.debug "Source persist - client IP: [IP::client_addr] , Server IP: [IP::server_addr], lookup [persist lookup uie [IP::client_addr]]"  
 }  
 }  
 }  
 HTTP request catches the first responds from the node to back to the client.  
 It checking all cookies in the header and grabs all starting with 1234.  
 After it persist on the cookie value in the persistance table.  
 Aslo, log values to syslog  
  
 when HTTP_REQUEST {  
 foreach a_cookie [HTTP::cookie names] {   
 if {$a_cookie starts_with "1234"}{   
 persist uie [HTTP::cookie "a_cookie"]   
 log local0.debug "Client IP: [IP::client_addr], Cookie value: $a_cookie"  
 } else {  
 persist uie [IP::client_addr]  
 log local0.debug "Source IP Persistence used - Client IP: [IP::client_addr], Persistance entries used persist uie [persist lookup uie [IP::client_addr]]"  
 }  
 }   
 }

How is "persist add uie" different from "persist uie"?

 

 

thanks

There is article about posted here

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=63&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=160

 

 

I hope this helps

 

CB