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Remove a parameter from a query

Hi all,  I'm trying to remove a parameter from a query and I've tried to do it in so many ways but they didn't work as I expected...   For example the URL could be:     And I'd like to eliminate this parameter "X-PROVE-3GPDPContext=yes" from the quer...

Custom blocking page - formatting and mailto: link

Hi all;   If anyone is playing around with custom formatting for response pages, one approach I've used recently with success is to take a page from the back-end application, right click and view source, then copy this into notepad and remove most of...

LTM migration for Proxy, Anti-Spam and web servers

Can anyone advise on the configuration of LTM for Proxy, Anti-Spam and web servers?  The objective is to load balance server traffic or active/passive.  Attached is the diagram  The confusion is whether to apply or not SNAT for inbound and outbound t...

Null response from GTM

Hi, I'm trying to create GTM iRule that will respond with NX-DOMAIN when all pool members are down. I found the following example on devcentral but don't know what should be the replacement for cname line. Have tried drop and reject but they both don...

inbound is DNAT and outbound is SNAT?

May I know what is the difference between theese two?   virtual kmportal_time_vs { destination 217.26.165.12:any ip protocol tcp profile fastL4 pool kmportal_pool  pool kmportal_pool { monitor all gateway_icmp member 192.168.3.5:any   virtual pptp_ti...

HTTPS to HTTP

Hello,   I am moving my HA Pair to a new location. During the move I have a LTM 1600 that will redirect requests to a maintenance page. I am planning on just adding an irule to each VIP that will redirect HTTP requests to the Maintenance Page URL. ...

Xml Caching

Hi all, Just wondering if F5 has xml caching capabilities. In the company we own 2 Big Ip`s and we have a private caching solution called ventus proxy, which actually caches all the xml requests. Does F5 support this? Thanks

How to initialize global variable on standby unit

Hi there,   I have some global variable initialized within a RULE_INIT event. This variable is visible on active unit, however when I make a standby unit active, this variable is not visible. Is it possible to propagate this variable to the standby u...

Connection Mirroring across Cluster

Hi Guys,    I have this viprion box totally working fine then today I added a new VS:telnet and configured connection mirroring but it seems that the connection was not mirrored properly. Did I missed anything?    }  virtual VS_TELNET {  mirror ena...

Network Diagramming Tools

Hi,   I've been a Visio user for some time, but find it a little lacking - tools like Network Notepad offer some promise but I am wondering if there are other better options.   Cost as allways is a factor, so if there are any suggestions for free too...

issues with Failover after upgrade from 9.3 to 9.4.8

I have a pair of 1500s that were running 9.30. I just upgraded them to 9.4.8, and everything seemed to go fine, application testing is going smoothly right now. The only problem is that when I force a unit to standby, I have to do a clear arp on my...

iRule Editor Request...

Currently when running the iRule editor behind a proxy, where the proxy is configured via PAC file, the update process that starts when launched errors (Eventually). The eror messgae it gives is slightly confusing in t's options... The button actua...

Hamish by Cirrocumulus
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Redirect uri

I need to redirect http://192.168.10.5/ to http://192.168.10.5/psm/csr/dafult.asp with Irule. could you help me please.    

VMotion between data centers

Hey everyone - we just posted a new version of our deployment guide for VMotion between data centers, for BIG-IP 10.2. This adds some great new features to the solution that I think you'll like. Let us know what you think. http://www.f5.com/pdf/de...

Forcing lowercase only works the first time

So I am trying to force ALL HTTP requests to lowercase and i'm using this rule:  when HTTP_REQUEST {  HTTP::path [string tolower [HTTP::path]]  }   It works on the host and it works if I manually enter www.domain.com/Url.aspx but if I click through...

iRules - URI's with "FullStops" in

Hi guys ,   Hope someone can help here .   when HTTP_REQUEST {   switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::path]] {   "*/dev.inbound.prod.Portal*" {   pool Prod-HTTP-POOL   }   "*/dev-pool*" {   pool DEV-HT...

is it possible to get a valid response ?

hello,   i have a problem.  Part of the rule:   when CLIENT_ACCEPTED  { persist none }  when HTTP_REQUEST {  set lowerURI [string tolower [HTTP::uri]]  log local0. "$lowerURI"  switch [HTTP::host] {  www.test.de  { if { $lowerURI starts_with "/t...

Content-Length missing in http response

Hi all,    I am using the LTM (BigIP 3600) in combination with an Wap Gateway. Now I got a tricky problem with one server. The server returns the response without Content-Length header (response is unchunked), and therefore the Wap Gateway now drops ...

Is there an IRules to control active connections?

Dear all, I am very new to F5 and would really appreciate if any of the members here could help me.  Is there an IRules which allow F5 to control the active connections? Meaning, If I allowed 20 connections at one time, the 21 connections will be red...

Can LTM be used to configure Active and Passive Servers?

For a given vip is it possible to define pool of servers that are active and also some pool of members that passive. Basically this is what I want to do:   1. Define active pool of servers for a vip  2. Define passive pool of servers for a vip  3. W...

VIP Persistence

I have another interesting request from our devs. Is it possible to do "VIP persistence"? Their objective is for a user that has successfully connected to a server in a VIP pool to be transparently re-connected to another server in the same pool if t...

Persist only specific IPs destined for a VS

I'm looking to limit persistence to specifc IPs destined for a VS and load balance everyone else with the default LB metric assigned to the Pool. I see I can only apply a mask in the standard Source addresss profile..   I was thinking of using match...

Confusing (well to me!) Profile issue

Hi,   I had a very odd and confusing issue with a new virtual server we setup for a new WebSphere system. Basically what was happening was this, a redirect from http to https was occuring when a POST action was being submitted to the VIP despite the ...

regex error - help?

I'm getting an error when trying to use the matches_regex operator. I think I might be using regexes that would work in perl but not in TCL. Can anyone see what's wrong with this? This is at the end of an iRule which works fine without this final ...

LocalLBNAT statistics

I am having trouble getting statistics for nats.   I managed to declare nat_list, and get it to load into a list box, but cannot figure out what I need to do to actually get the statistics for the nats    iControl.LocalLBNATNATDefinition[...

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Problem authenticating if password contains a @

I'm using the iControl SDK to create a Java application that automates configuring BIG-IP.    If my admin password for BIG-IP does not contain a @, authentication to the BIG-IP host via my Java application works fine. However, if my admin password f...

Problem creating a SNAT

Hi, we're using the F5's iControl SDK to create a Java application that automates configuring the F5 Proxy. Everything is working except for when we try to create a SNAT.   When using a web browser and the BIG-IP configuration utility GUI, we click ...

v9 matchclass and v10 class match iRule commands

I've got a v9 irule that takes action based on whether or not the client IP address is in a data class. The v9 iRule looks like this:    if { [matchclass [IP::remote_addr] equals $::allowed_clients] } {   if I read the v10 doc: For v10 users: Clas...

smp_86112 by Cirrostratus
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Changing active iRules

I am new to F5, and I'm trying to develop some fairly basic functionality via iRules. I'm running into a problem where I create an iRule, then apply to a vserver, but if I make any changes to that iRule, it does not actually take effect on that vser...