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Jon_46029
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusRedirecting a client when "connection refused" by pool
When all of the pool members are down for a Virtual Server (VS), we're seeing a connection refused error at the browser.
I'd like to catch that in the F5 LTM with an iRule and direct the bro...
nathe
Cirrocumulus
CirrocumulusJon
Is the different site you want to forward users to an external web address? If so would this work?
when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
if { [active_members [LB::server pool]] == 0 } {
HTTP::redirect "http://www.test.com"
}
}
You could always use Priority Group Activation so you can add another pool member to the pool that just has an maintenance page on it and set this pool member to only be live if all the other pool members are down. In this case you could always use an old, low spec server as the fallback here.
Hope this helps,
N