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Avesh_Malik_178
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Jul 06, 2015

Testing of an irule before implementation.

Hi,   I am looking for your help on below issue:-   Is there any way to check and test the functioning of irule before applying the same in Virtual server or data group in production. For exam...
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Kevin_Stewart
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Jul 06, 2015

If I may add, you actually have a few really good options:

 

  1. You can create a duplicate VIP (perhaps on an internal address) and test your iRules there.

     

  2. You can test your iRules on another BIG-IP. This is a popular use case for the $98 VE lab version.

     

  3. You can wrap all of your iRules in a catch clause to make sure they don't break your active application.

     

  4. If you just need to test TCL logic (ie. without iRules events or protocol commands), you can use tclsh on the command line.