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Richard_D
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Sep 10, 2021

Specify node based on Client IP, but what if that node is down?

I been trying to figure this out and unable to find an exact answer. I have multiple unknown clients connecting to a virtual address. I also have 2 known clients connecting to the same address. I wan...
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iaine
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Sep 14, 2021

Hi

You could use LB::status for this. So before you send the client to the node, check to see if it is up. If it is then send to the node otherwise do something else. Something like...

 if {[IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals 172.1.1.1] } {
    if {[LB::status node 1.1.1.1] eq "up"} {
 node 1.1.1.1 60006 } else {
 #Do something
 }
}