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Problem with iRule that logs excessive HTTP header lengths
Background:
We had been seeing occasional errors in /var/log/ltm that look like this:
HTTP head (33182) exceeded maximum allowed size of 32768
Before increasing MAX HTTP ...
Michael_Yates
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusHi Evan,
You may want to take a look at this solution:
SOL8482: Error Message: HTTP header exceeded maximum allowed size of
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/8000/400/sol8482.html?sr=17162762
Note: F5 recommends that you allocate just enough bytes required to handle the HTTP headers. Since buffer space is allocated to each request handled by the profile, an excessive value may result in memory exhaustion.
