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davelutz
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusSend node FQDN as http header instead of virtual server FQDN
I have a situation were I need my virtual server to listen for test.example.com but when the F5 talks to the nodes it communicates with them as node1.example.com or node2.example.com. So for u...
Nice! You beat me to the punch as I got distracted while preparing my response below. Note that [LB::server name] does not return the actual pool member or node name but rather a 3-element list containing the configuration name of the pool, the selected member's IP address, and service port. For example:
/Common/fqdn_pool 172.16.20.1 80
PeteWhite
Employee
EmployeeYour solution is more graceful, as with all things F5 you can do it in multiple ways.
The only thing you should consider is if there is no match.
Good point about LB::server
