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bsm1970
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusRestrict access to virtual server during specified time
I'm wondering if there is a way in the F5 to restrict access to a virtual server during certain hours. For instance, if I wanted to only allow access during work hours (say, from 7am to 6pm on weekd...
try this:
when RULE_INIT { array set static::timerange { Sunday {"07:00" "18:00"} Monday {"07:00" "18:00"} Tuesday {"07:00" "18:00"} Wednesday {"07:00" "18:00"} Thursday {"07:00" "18:00"} Friday {} Saturday {} } } when HTTP_REQUEST { set now [clock seconds] set current_day [clock format $now -format {%A}] set start [lindex $static::timerange($current_day) 0] set end [lindex $static::timerange($current_day) 1] if {($start ne "") && ($end ne "") && ($now >= [clock scan $start]) && ($now < [clock scan $end])} { set denied 0 } else {set denied 1} unset start end if { $denied } { HTTP::respond 200 content "<html><head><title>Not Authorised! Contact Administrator</title></head><body>Not Authorised! Contact Administrator...</body></html>" } else {pool POOL_443} unset denied }
Stanislas_Piro2
Cumulonimbus
Cumulonimbustry this:
when RULE_INIT {
array set static::timerange {
Sunday {"07:00" "18:00"}
Monday {"07:00" "18:00"}
Tuesday {"07:00" "18:00"}
Wednesday {"07:00" "18:00"}
Thursday {"07:00" "18:00"}
Friday {}
Saturday {}
}
}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
set now [clock seconds]
set current_day [clock format $now -format {%A}]
set start [lindex $static::timerange($current_day) 0]
set end [lindex $static::timerange($current_day) 1]
if {($start ne "") && ($end ne "") && ($now >= [clock scan $start]) && ($now < [clock scan $end])} {
set denied 0
} else {set denied 1}
unset start end
if { $denied } {
HTTP::respond 200 content "<html><head><title>Not Authorised! Contact Administrator</title></head><body>Not Authorised! Contact Administrator...</body></html>"
} else {pool POOL_443}
unset denied
}
bsm1970This seems to work well. Thanks to both of you for the quick replies!