switch is not working

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when HTTP_REQUEST {
switch -glob {string tolower [HTTP::uri]] ends_with }
{

"/NCCA"        { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/NCCA"}
    "/EskanBank"   { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/EskanBank"}
    "/ncs"         { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/ncs" } 
    "/neaf"        { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/neaf" }
    "/infosafe"    { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/infosafe"}

}

nitass_89166 · Answer

e.g.
[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  tmsh list ltm virtual bar
ltm virtual bar {
    destination 172.28.24.10:162
    ip-protocol udp
    mask 255.255.255.255
    profiles {
        udp { }
    }
    rules {
        qux
    }
    source 0.0.0.0/0
    vs-index 9
}
[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  tmsh list ltm rule myrule
ltm rule myrule {
    when HTTP_REQUEST {
  switch -glob [HTTP::path] {
    "/NCCA*" { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/NCCA" }
    "/EskanBank*" { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/EskanBank" }
    "/ncs*" { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/ncs" }
    "/neaf*" { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/neaf" }
    "/infosafe*" { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/infosafe" }
    default {
       do something
    }
  }
}
}

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10/NCCA/something
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/NCCA
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10/EskanBank/something
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/EskanBank
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10/ncs/something
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/ncs
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10/neaf/something
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/neaf
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10/infosafe/something
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/infosafe
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10/
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:42:16 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS)
Last-Modified: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 08:39:51 GMT
ETag: "41879c-59-2a9c23c0"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 89
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

nitass · Answer

e.g.
[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  tmsh list ltm virtual bar
ltm virtual bar {
    destination 172.28.24.10:162
    ip-protocol udp
    mask 255.255.255.255
    profiles {
        udp { }
    }
    rules {
        qux
    }
    source 0.0.0.0/0
    vs-index 9
}
[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  tmsh list ltm rule myrule
ltm rule myrule {
    when HTTP_REQUEST {
  switch -glob [HTTP::path] {
    "/NCCA*" { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/NCCA" }
    "/EskanBank*" { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/EskanBank" }
    "/ncs*" { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/ncs" }
    "/neaf*" { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/neaf" }
    "/infosafe*" { HTTP::redirect "http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/infosafe" }
    default {
       do something
    }
  }
}
}

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10/NCCA/something
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/NCCA
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10/EskanBank/something
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/EskanBank
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10/ncs/something
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/ncs
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10/neaf/something
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/neaf
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10/infosafe/something
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://oservices.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/infosafe
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10/
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:42:16 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS)
Last-Modified: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 08:39:51 GMT
ETag: "41879c-59-2a9c23c0"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 89
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

newtof501_15047 · Answer

i want to know if we disable VS then is this possible to show maintenance page

newtof501_15047 · Answer

i want to know if we disable VS then is this possible to show maintenance page

nitass · Answer

i want to know if we disable VS then is this possible to show maintenance page&nbsp;

no, i understand you can disable pool but not virtual server.&nbsp;

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