Couple of opportunities here, especially since HTTP::uri is not yet available at the CLIENT_ACCEPTED event. First, I think what you are wanting to check is the host name, as specified in the HTTP Host header, not the URI. In iRules, HTTP::uri is basically everything that follows the hostname in the URL, from the "/" on, including path, object name, and query string. For example, if the complete URL is 111.abc.com/test/css/style.css, then {HTTP::host] returns "111.abc.com" and [HTTP::uri] returns "/test/css/style.css"
If you only need to test three or fewer URLs, your best bet is to simply check for those URLs in the iRule rather than use a datagroup. It's faster. For example:
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [HTTP::host] equals "111.abc.com" || [HTTP::host] equals "222.abc.com" } {
if { ![class match [IP::client_addr] equal Allow_IP_List] } {
drop
}
}
}
If you need to check up to about 15 URLs, change the IF structure to a SWITCH statement instead.
Use a datagroup if you have more than about 10-15 URLs to check, in which case:
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [class match [HTTP::host] equals Hostname_List] } {
if { ![class match [IP::client_addr] equals Allow_IP_List] } {
drop
}
}
}
Hostname_List should only contain the hostnames you want to limit traffic from based on client IP address.
