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gauravk
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusWhitelist IP in F5 based on URL
Hi All, I have a public domain which is exposing several APIs and being accessed by many partners. This state should remain as-is. Now, there is another API which should only be accessed by IPs whi...
Mayur_Sutare
MVP
MVPHi gauravk ,
You can try below iRule. Here "Allow-List" is a IP type of DataGroup.
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if {[HTTP::uri] eq "/path/to/api1"} {
if {![class match [IP::client_address] equals Allow-List]} {
HTTP::respond 403 content "<html><body>Access not permitted</body></html>" Connection Close
TCP::close
}
}
}
Hope it helps!
gauravkNimbostratus
NimbostratusThanks Mayur_Sutare
I will try this solution. May I know what is the difference between client_address and remote_addr. which one should be used ideally to get the client IP in order to be used in IP whitelisting.
Regards Gaurav
