v11.1–External File Access from iRules via iFiles

New in BIG-IP version 11.1 are iFiles, a feature that allows users to load files through tmsh or the GUI onto the BIG-IP which can be referenced from iRules. This has an immediate use case of supplan...
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Trying to plan to combine ifile/irule approach with the "fallback host" uri feature. To avoid having to add/extend irules on existing virtual servers wondering if the following would work.

 

 

Create a single extra virtual server "maintpage" with no pool members, and an always available state (no health check?), and put the simple irule to server up the ifile always.

 

 

Then use the fallback host setting in the http profile(s), to send the to maintpage server. Thoughts ?