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Sajin
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Jan 12, 2023

How to block traffic coming to particular URI based on the defined rate limit and connection limit

Hi, I have a requirement to block traffic coming to particular URI for the LTM VIP based on the rate limit and connection limit defined by application team. Application team would like to see the nu...
JRahm
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Sajin
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Jan 26, 2023

Hi Nikoolay, the traffic on the homepage and other URI's also getting impacted with this iRule. I think need to have some modifications on this rule.

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Nikoolayy1
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Jan 31, 2023

I gave you my irule as an example about how to make yours not as a copy/paste solution. In my irule on some places, I have not added or uncommented added "if { [class match [HTTP::uri] equals URIs_to_throttle] } {" also this device group should include URI that you want to limit the requests to.

 

 if { ! ( [class match $cIP_addr equals ip_whitelist] ) && ( [class match [HTTP::uri] equals URIs_to_throttle] )} {