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Problem with map class to node

Hi,   we are having very strange behaviour on one of client sides with an iRule which should map client on specific nodes in a class.     In my opinion the following iRule should meet the needed criteria and should work:     when HTTP_REQUEST ...

Rules fallback - 4.5 PTF-05 Build 25

Ok, first time posting so please forgive.     We have a http pool with 3 servers in it.     The company wants to purchase some forum software, but it is expensive so they only want to place it on one server in the pool.     Using rules I am ...

Events after HTTP_REQUEST

  Are there any events that occur after HTTP_REQUEST but before the bigip actually routes the request?     For instance, in the HTTP_REQUEST event you can say "pool mypool", but is there some event I can write iRules around that happens just befo...

PacketFilter - FilterAction

Hi,     I'm using iControl PacketFilter to inspect L7 patterns in packets(e.g. "confidential document" text)   My goal is to alert/log packet information (source/dest IP) on a pattern match.     Looking at the FilterAction Enumeration, I found...

Streams and iRules order of executiion?

This is just a question I can't seem to find documented anywhere.     When I'm running a stream and iRules using HTTP_RESPONSE on the same virtual server; does the stream excute before or after HTTP_RESPONSE iRules?  

Redirect after when AUTH_FAILURE

  We have iRules to handle authentication of client cert attributes against an LDAP tree. Right now, when the user fails to authenticate with LDAP, the code does this:     when AUTH_FAILURE   {   if {$tmm_auth_ssl_cc_ldap_sid eq [AUTH::last...

Accessing pool members by IP/PORT in v9x?

I have an ASP.NET application I wrote with Big-IP/iControl 4.5/4.6 that makes a lot of use of the old ITCMLocalLB.Node.get_state, ITCMLocalLB.Node.set_state, ITCMLocalLB.Monitor2.get_instance_state and ITCMLocalLB.Monitor2.set_instance_state     I...

insert ssl client cert info to HTTP header

Hi,   in version 4.5, there is a easy to way to insert Client Cert info to HTTP header, how should the iRule write to achieve this features ? I checked the example in devcentral that confuse me how the SSL and x509 command work together.     Tha...

problem with rewrite

I am trying to rewrite a URL and have the following iRule which I believe should work:     when HTTP_REQUEST {   set DEBUG 0   if { $FINISHED } {   return   }     if { $DEBUG } {   log local0. "rewrite d...

How do I redirect client dest port

1) Here is the rule I am trying. Does this look correct. I want to re-direct the client to talk on a unique port.     when HTTP_REQUEST {   if { [HTTP::host] contains "marstest."} {   HTTP::redirect HTTP://[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]:5878...

iRules documetation

Hi,     I'll appriciate if you can provide a direct link to the iRules documentation (including BigIP verbs).   I could find the iControl docs but not iRules.     Thanks

proxy feature - invalid SSL version mask

  What are the appropriate values for the client/server invalid SSL version mask methods? When I retreive them I'm receiving a huge number 16777216 if SSL V2 is selected. Do we have these referenced somewhere what the expected values are/should be? ...

proxy feature - rewriting of redirects

Hello,   I'm attempting to pull the proxy configuration and am unclear what the method get_rewrite_redirects_mask does and what value is/means.     GUI Rewrite Redirects value mask value from method   choose ...

persistence from http to https

Is there a way to keep the request to the same server when going from http to https?     Will i have to implement an irule or can it be done simply with one of the standard persistence profiles?     your help is much appreciated.     cheers ...

Log path

One thing we are looking at is useing more of the logging fuctions. Is there a way to send the log out put to another file. So we could log some of our bigger hit apps to there own log instead of the ltm? Thanks

Load Balancing based on Port

Is there a was in iRules to send traffic to a Pool based on port that the client is sending trafic to. I know you can do IP::addr is there a IP::Port? Thanks

NTP

need Help !!!!     how i configure a NTP on a F5 release 4.5     thanks

NTP

need Help !!!!     how i configure a NTP on a F5 release 4.5     thanks

How to tell if STATISTIC is cumulative or not

Joe,     Most STATISTIC values derived from the API calls are cumulative, in which case you can derive "instantaneous" values by subtracting the current value and the value from the previous sampling.     However, a number of STATISTICs seem to...

SMTP AUTH

Has anyone here experimented using iRules to do 'smtp auth' for authenticating mailclient connections to smtp servers?       Darren.....

Firepass and Radius authentication

Hi,     Is there a step by step instruction avaiable how to setup Firepass to use a Radius server for user authentication? Or can someone point me in some direction, as I can not find much about Radius support in the manual.     We are using Fi...

finding ACTIVE unit

Hi guys -     My customer has an iControl app which, in 4.x, hit the floating self-IP to manage node status on the Active unit only (for maintenance).     We have upgraded to v9 and ported the iControl app, but there is no longer a floa...

Internal Server Error 500 ????

I have a version 4.2 BIG-IP that I consistantly am receiving Internal Server Error 500 when ever I attempt any iControl calls to the device. I've attempted to restart the portal with bigstart restart portal to no avail. There is nothing in the logfil...

Rewriting a header inside RESPONSE_DATA

I have an application that uses its local server name when it builds a redirect URL during the authentication phase.     Example it sends back now   location: http://server1.atl.bluecross.ca/funky-uri     What I want it to send back   locatio...

how to log all request (not repeated message)

Hi all. I have a problem about logging the HTTP responsed in F5. when there are many requests, the 'ltm' log will says "repeated xxx times" (actually it's not exactly the same message so it shouldn't say "repeated"). I'm logging the request/response ...