HTTP iApp - downloadable version

Any chance it'd be possible to create new ASM policies using pre-defined templates? :)

Yes! We will post it today.

Oh my! I spot V13 in there :)

Something new on the horizon?

Hello,

Is it possible to add "Action on Service Down" to the iApp template?

Having this action be "None" by default is a bit problematic when "Reject" is the preferred method to initiate faster node-down recovery times for HTTP/HTTPS services.

Thanks, Mitch Mahan

Hi Mitch, While I'll pass your recommendation on to the engineers responsible for the iApp, typically we leave advanced settings like this at the default. If you want to use other settings, we recommend you create a pool outside the iApp template and then select it from the "Do you want to create a new pool or use an existing one?" list in the iApp.

Hope that helps.

Joe

Joe,

Thanks for the quick feedback.

I understand that advanced options should be configured outside of iApps. I believe this particular feature plays well with the HTTP iApp (and may go as far as to state that Reject should be the default "Action on Service Down" for HTTP and HTTPS services).

We build a large number of these iApps and therefore building pools outside of the iApp itself can be very burdensome. Including this setting will also enable us to better use the iWorkflow tool for building out new web services in a more automated fashion where this option is required.

Best, Mitch

Hi LenderLive_Mitch, you hit on an interesting issue here. v1 iApp templates came along before the iControl REST and iWorkflow, and were targeted at addressing most (but not all) deployment scenarios. Since HTTP connections are relatively short-lived, we followed the default guidance for Action on Service Down thinking it would be appropriate for the 90% of use cases we aim to address.

That said, we understand that users are trying to deploy programmatically and we've started making changes to the HTTP iApp to make that easier. I will add your request as possible change to the iApp.

In the meantime, it should be possible to automate the change to Action on Service Down using REST, post-deployment (although maybe not via iWorkflow).

thanks

I've heard that RC6 is on the way. Any ETA?

Hi JC.BW, sorry we neglected to update this page with new version information, I will do that now. The current RC is 1.3.0rc1 available in the http/release-candidates directory of the iapp package on linked above. You'll also find the "gold" supported version of 1.2.0 (which includes all the 1.2.0 RCs) in the root HTTP directory of the iApp package.

Hi Joe,

Thanks for the update. I'd love to try out the new 1.3.0, but when I go to the download page all I see is iapps-1.0.0.476.0.zip which contains 1.2.0rc3.

Am I looking in the wrong place? I followed the download link, went to iApps, and downloaded the only available package. In that package I found the iApp here: iapps-1.0.0.476.0.zip\Microsoft\ADFS\Release_Candidates

Thanks,