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Eric_27403
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Feb 14, 2013

redirect based on extention type

I'm new to iRules and to the F5 for the most part, so please bear with me.

 

I have a buisness requirement that is asking for the following:

 

When someone is on our web page and clicks on a link to download or upload a doc or image that the F5 directs that request based on the type of extention like(.doc, .docx, .gif, .jpeg, .pdf etc..) to a sperate pool of servers that maintain these type of docs.

 

I guess I'll also have to enable SSL on the F5 since the client packets have to be unencrypted and inspected then re-encrypted and sent on to the server. I assume the F5s has built in SSL accelerators so this is done using F5 hardware and is extremely fast.

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • When someone is on our web page and clicks on a link to download or upload a doc or image that the F5 directs that request based on the type of extention like(.doc, .docx, .gif, .jpeg, .pdf etc..) to a sperate pool of servers that maintain these type of docs.Pool Based On Extension

     

    https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.PoolBasedOnExtension.ashx

     

     

    I assume the F5s has built in SSL accelerators so this is done using F5 hardware and is extremely fast.sol13213:SSL ciphers that are fully hardware accelerated on BIG-IP platforms (11.x)

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/200/sol13213.html