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Nimbostratus

May 20, 2014

Virtual Server creation & mapping

Dears Kindly assist me on F5 for the following requirement. A new virtual Server creation and its mapping to existing back end webserver listening on a specific port (eg: 8080)?

nitass

Employee

May 20, 2014

e.g.

 config

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm virtual bar
ltm virtual bar {
    destination 172.28.24.10:80
    ip-protocol tcp
    mask 255.255.255.255
    profiles {
        http { }
        tcp { }
    }
    rules {
        qux
    }
    source 0.0.0.0/0
    source-address-translation {
        type automap
    }
    vs-index 30
}
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm pool foo8080
ltm pool foo8080 {
    members {
        200.200.200.101:8080 {
            address 200.200.200.101
        }
    }
}
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm pool foo8081
ltm pool foo8081 {
    members {
        200.200.200.101:8081 {
            address 200.200.200.101
        }
    }
}
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule qux
ltm rule qux {
    when HTTP_REQUEST {
  set host [HTTP::host]
  switch $host {
    "abc.com" {
      pool foo8080
    }
    "xyz.com" {
      pool foo8081
    }
    default {
       do something
    }
  }
}
when HTTP_RESPONSE {
  log local0. "client=[IP::client_addr]:[TCP::client_port] host=$host pool=[LB::server pool] server=[IP::server_addr]:[TCP::server_port]"
}
}

 /var/log/ltm

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  tail -f /var/log/ltm
May 20 04:12:37 ve11a info tmm[14715]: Rule /Common/qux : client=172.28.24.1:38358 host=abc.com pool=/Common/foo8080 server=200.200.200.101:8080
May 20 04:12:46 ve11a info tmm1[14715]: Rule /Common/qux : client=172.28.24.1:38359 host=xyz.com pool=/Common/foo8081 server=200.200.200.101:8081