v11: iRules Data Group Updates

Several months ago I wrote up the v10 formatting for internal and external datagroups: iRules Data Group Formatting Rules. In v11, however, there is a change to the format of the internal data group ...
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Nov 26, 2012
Hi Yves,

 

 

Yes, remove the $:: prefix from the data group name:

 

 

https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/irules/class.html

 

 

Note that you should not use a $:: or :: prefix on the datagroup name when using the class command (or in any datagroup reference on 9.4.4 or later).

 

 

In v9.4.4 - 10, using $::datagroup_name will work but demote the virtual server from running on all TMMs. For details, see the CMP compatibility page.

 

 

In v11, using $::datagroup_name will result in a TCL runtime error and a reset being sent to the client!