Dynamic port selection not working
Hello All. I'm trying to compose an irule that will direct the traffic to a dynamically chosen port in a pool, according to the URL the user uses. After much searching I got to the point where the node and the port are correctly selected, but the NLB disregards the node command and directs the traffic to the original port. The URL is made of 3 letters of the service and 3 digits of the wanted inside-component. Together they compose the destination port. The user uses HTTPS(443), but the NLB has to direct the traffic to the "member:composed-port" according to the URL. The VIP has address and port translation enabled. To be sure of that I included those commands in the irule. The member in the pool is defined with "port=all services". when RULE_INIT { 0 = none, 1 = debug, 2 = verbose set static::APsp_Debug 2 } when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { translate address enable translate port enable } when HTTP_REQUEST priority 1 { Extract the last 3 chars from the hostname (e.g. 200 from ADM200.company.com) set APsp_inside_code [string range [getfield [HTTP::host] "." 1] end-2 end] Extract the first 3 chars from the hostname (e.g. ADM from ADM200.company.com) set APsp_service_code [string range [getfield [HTTP::host] "." 1] 0 2 ] switch -glob [string tolower $APsp_service_code] { "adm" {set APsp_dest_port "60$APsp_inside_code" } "rst" {set APsp_dest_port "64$APsp_inside_code" } default { log local0.error "service code not found. [HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]" HTTP::respond 404 "Not Found" } } } when LB_SELECTED priority 1 { set APsp_dest_node [LB::server addr] replace the host header so the server will think that this is the original request HTTP::header replace Host "company.co.il" go to load balanced member, but with the needed port if {$static::APsp_Debug > 0} { log local0.info "LBserver= [LB::server addr] node=$APsp_dest_node port=$APsp_dest_port" } node $APsp_dest_node:$APsp_dest_port log local0.info "after node command LBserver= [LB::server]" } when LB_FAILED { log local0.error "Selected server $APsp_dest_node:$APsp_dest_port is not responding" HTTP::respond 404 "Not Found" } when SERVER_CONNECTED { if {$static::APsp_Debug > 0} { log local0.info "serverport: [TCP::server_port]" } } Here are the Debug messages: Rule /Common/Event_Logger : Client 10.99.99.99:54565 requested http(s)://adm200.company.com/appbuilder/forms?code=8. Rule /Common/Event_Logger : Client 10.99.99.99:54565 request DIDN'T match any policy rule. Rule /Common/MY_select_port : LBserver= 10.237.214.28 node=10.237.214.28 port=60200 Rule /Common/MY_select_port : after node command LBserver= 10.237.214.28 60200 Rule /Common/Event_Logger : Client 10.99.99.99:54565 farwarded to 10.237.214.28 60200 /appbuilder/forms?code=8. Rule /Common/Event_Logger : Client 10.99.99.99:54565 connected from 10.237.214.253:54565 to node 10.237.214.28:443. Rule /Common/MY_select_port : serverport: 443 Rule /Common/Event_Logger : Client 10.99.99.99:54565 sending request to 10.237.214.28:443. Rule /Common/Event_Logger : Client 10.99.99.99:54565 releasing request to 10.237.214.28:443. Rule /Common/Event_Logger : Client 10.99.99.99:54565 got a response from 10.237.214.28:443. Rule /Common/Event_Logger : Client 10.99.99.99:54565 404 response released from 10.237.214.28:443 Rule /Common/Event_Logger : Connection from 10.237.214.253:54565 to Server 10.237.214.28:443 has closed. As you can see, the node command did the correct selection but the server connect went on with port 443. The pool definition: ltm pool /Common/service_pool { description load-balancing-mode observed-member members { /Common/10.237.214.28:0 { address 10.237.214.28 } /Common/10.237.214.29:0 { address 10.237.214.29 } } monitor /Common/gateway_icmp } Thanks in advance. Gil.