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NimbostratusSever Open Requests and Display Maint Page
Hello!
Is there a way to kill all established/future connections to VS and display a maintenance page via iRule? I tried using Reject, but it resets all connections including the maintenance page, and the browser shows 'This page can’t be displayed' or 'Connection was reset.'
Your help is much appreciated!
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cjuniorNacreous
You need to disable the VS or display a sorry page?
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If you disable de VS, new connections will be rejected.
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(I do this way) Did you posted your sorry page on bigip iFile and the VS is in standard L7?
a. Import an iFile in the menu System >> File Management >> iFile List b. Provide an iFile name with previous imported file in then menu Local Traffic >> iRules >> iFile List
The iRule in standard L7 VS:
when HTTP_REQUEST { HTTP::respond 200 content [ifile get "sorryPageName"] "Content-Type" "text/html" }The new connections will not follow to the backend servers; Regards.
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Nick_Palmer_f5Hi cjunior and thanks for your reply!
Your solution will only apply to the new connections to the VS. I need to kill all established connections/sessions (like, file downloads) and then display the maint/sorry page.
What_Lies_Bene1Cirrostratus
Perhaps add a connection close header to the HTTP respond command:
HTTP::respond 200 content [ifile get "sorryPageName"] "Content-Type" "text/html" Connection "Close"For any existing connections (which might not trigger new HTTP_REQUEST or _RESPONSE events) not really sure what you can do I'm afraid.
- Nick_Palmer_f5
Thanks, What Lies Beneath. Is there a way to issue a command to reset the web nodes from within an iRule based on condition? The condition may be a sorry/maint page or a certain web request/URL.
