some basic irule logic... where am I going wrong?

this is my testing.

additionally, have you seen this one?

sol9800: Using an iRule to load balance HTTP requests to multiple pools

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/800/sol9800.html

[root@ve10:Active] config  b virtual bar list
virtual bar {
   snat automap
   destination 172.28.19.79:80
   ip protocol 6
   rules myrule
   profiles {
      http {}
      tcp {}
   }
}
[root@ve10:Active] config  b rule myrule list
rule myrule {
   when HTTP_REQUEST {
   set uri [HTTP::uri]
   switch -glob -- [string tolower $uri] {
      "/con1/con2*" -
      "/con2*" {
         pool pool-2
      }
      "/con1*" {
         pool pool-1
      }
   }
}
when SERVER_CONNECTED {
   log local0. "URI $uri | Pool [LB::server pool] | [IP::client_addr]:[TCP::client_port] -> [clientside {IP::local_addr}]:[clientside {TCP::local_port}] | [IP::local_addr]:[TCP::local_port] -> [IP::server_addr]:[TCP::server_port]"
}
}
[root@ve10:Active] config  b pool pool-1 list
pool pool-1 {
   members 200.200.200.101:80 {}
}
[root@ve10:Active] config  b pool pool-2 list
pool pool-2 {
   members 200.200.200.102:80 {}
}

[root@ve10:Active] config  cat /var/log/ltm
Aug 25 14:56:03 local/tmm info tmm[14353]: Rule myrule : URI /con1 | Pool pool-1 | 172.28.19.80:33020 -> 172.28.19.79:80 | 200.200.200.10:33020 -> 200.200.200.101:80
Aug 25 14:56:07 local/tmm info tmm[14353]: Rule myrule : URI /con1/something | Pool pool-1 | 172.28.19.80:33021 -> 172.28.19.79:80 | 200.200.200.10:33021 -> 200.200.200.101:80
Aug 25 14:56:16 local/tmm info tmm[14353]: Rule myrule : URI /con2 | Pool pool-2 | 172.28.19.80:33022 -> 172.28.19.79:80 | 200.200.200.10:33022 -> 200.200.200.102:80
Aug 25 14:56:26 local/tmm info tmm[14353]: Rule myrule : URI /con2/something | Pool pool-2 | 172.28.19.80:33023 -> 172.28.19.79:80 | 200.200.200.10:33023 -> 200.200.200.102:80
Aug 25 14:56:44 local/tmm info tmm[14353]: Rule myrule : URI /con1/con2 | Pool pool-2 | 172.28.19.80:33024 -> 172.28.19.79:80 | 200.200.200.10:33024 -> 200.200.200.102:80
Aug 25 14:56:53 local/tmm info tmm[14353]: Rule myrule : URI /con1/con2/something | Pool pool-2 | 172.28.19.80:33025 -> 172.28.19.79:80 | 200.200.200.10:33025 -> 200.200.200.102:80

hope this helps.

Hi Nitass,

 

 

Great, thanks for that. So, based on your testing the logic should be good. Interesting! I'll look into this further. I wonder if the "/con1" - is overriding everything else in my irule

 

 

"/con1" -

 

"/con1/*" {

 

pool pool-1

 

return

 

}

 

 

Thanks again.

I wonder if the "/con1" - is overriding everything else in my irule

 

 

"/con1" -

 

"/con1/*" {

 

pool pool-1

 

return

 

} i understand the switch command matches string against each argument in order i.e. top to bottom. so, it should be fine if you put /con1/con2* before.

thanks Nitass. This request was ditched in the end. I'll need to test it in a lab to confirm my suspicions about that "/con1" - condition

thanks Nitass. This request was ditched in the end. I'll need to test it in a lab to confirm my suspicions about that "/con1" - condition