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Brian_Moon_1029
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Jan 03, 2007

active_nodes usage

I am sort of new to writing iRules. I noticed the active_nodes command in the docs, but can't find much info on it. The docs say "Returns the alias for active pool members". What is "the alias"? I...
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Deb_Allen_18
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Jan 03, 2007
The command "active_members" (Click here) may be used to return the of currently available members in a pool. I believe the "active_nodes" command is an alias for "active_members", provided for v4.x compatibility.

 

 

If you want to pass along pool member details, that's not what you're after.

 

 

The command you need depends on what exactly you want to do.

 

 

If you want to insert info regarding the selected server, you can do so with "LB::server" command in the LB_SELECTED or subsequent events: Click here

 

 

HTH

 

/deb