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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Nov 12, 2013
Jason,

 

 

Are iFile loaded into memory when the config is compiled or are iFiles always read from disk when called?

 

 

Regards,

 

 

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