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Chaddd's avatar
Chaddd
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Dec 20, 2018

Use iRule variable in Access Policy

I'm setting the XFF header address in a variable in an iRule. I know that piece is working because when I send it to the log I see it there successfully.   I'd like to use my variable in an access...
application delivery
BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
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Faruk_AYDIN
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Dec 20, 2018

Hi Guy,

add ad iRule Event (setXFF), then use the following irule : 
when ACCESS_POLICY_AGENT_EVENT {
if { [ACCESS::policy agent_id] eq "setXFF" } {
    ACCESS::session data set session.custom.XFF [HTTP::header X-Forwarded-For]
}   
}

Then you can use session.custom.XFF anywhere in your flow.