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eanderson6_2759
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Oct 30, 2012

Redirecting Traffic Using iRules

Here is the goal.

 

Traffic from 192.168.1.0 to LTM --> http://example.com/(rest of the url)

 

Traffic from anywhere else to LTM --> pool_A

 

Here is my attempt so far.

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if { [[IP::remote_addr] starts_with "192.168.1."] }

 

{ HTTP::redirect "http://example.com/[HTTP::uri] }

 

else {pool my_pool}

 

}

 

 

 

I don't know much about iRules as I am just now learning them, but would love to know what needs to happen. Basically I want to F5 to redirect traffic away from the F5 to another server if it comes from 192.168.1.0/24. If it doesn't come from that address then go to the specified pool.

 

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4 Replies

  • What_Lies_Bene1's avatar
    What_Lies_Bene1
    Icon for Cirrostratus rankCirrostratus
    Oct 30, 2012
    This should do it; 

    
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] starts_with 192.168.1.] } {
 HTTP::redirect "http://example.com/[HTTP::uri]" }
else {
 pool my_pool }
}
  • Mohamed_Lrhazi's avatar
    Mohamed_Lrhazi
    Icon for Altocumulus rankAltocumulus
    Oct 30, 2012
    I think you should use the correct ip address tests, not a string comparison, like:

     

     

    [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 10.0.0.0/8]

     

     

    See: https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.IP__addr.ashx
  • What_Lies_Bene1's avatar
    What_Lies_Bene1
    Icon for Cirrostratus rankCirrostratus
    Oct 30, 2012
    Thanks Mohamed, so it would look like this; 

    
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 192.168.1.0/24] } {
 HTTP::redirect "http://example.com/[HTTP::uri]" }
else {
 pool my_pool }
}
  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
    Icon for Employee rankEmployee
    Oct 31, 2012
    i just removed / after example.com because it is included in HTTP::uri. 

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
   if { [IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 192.168.1.0/24] } {
      HTTP::redirect "http://example.com[HTTP::uri]" }
   else {
      pool my_pool
   }
}