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testing external connectivity
Is there a way within the irule to test the server I'm going to redirect to? Basically I want to redirect to http://redirectserver.com if certain criteria are met but only if that server is up and re...
Well, technically, no....
...but if the redirect target server has a single static IP, you *could* define it as a member of a pool, apply an HTTP monitor, and verify status in an iRule before issuing the redirect...
pool FallbackTestPool {
member :80
monitor send recv
rule RedirectIfFallbackUP {
when {
if {[LB::status pool FallbackTestPool member 80] != "up"} {
HTTP::redirect "..."
} else {
}
}
}HTH
/deb
