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f5_rocks
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Jun 01, 2016

How to expand irule using switch or logical or in selection process?

Developers want to add more "lanes" for multiple branches, so I want to add 3 more versions of "starts_with" and make the "if nots" more generic so they can apply to all the "starts_with" versions. I've never tried using switch or a logical or in the selection process before. Do either or both attempts look correct?
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abcd_redirect-http (original)
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when HTTP_RESPONSE {event HTTP_REQUEST enable}

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {event HTTP_REQUEST enable}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
  set MY_HOST [string tolower [HTTP::host]]
  set MY_URI [string tolower [HTTP::uri]]

  if {$MY_URI starts_with "/abcd/"} { 
   if {not ($MY_URI starts_with "/abcd/web/abcdpayment.web/") and not ($MY_URI starts_with "/abcd/web/abcdpaymentprocessing.web/")} {
    if {$MY_HOST equals "m3.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://a1.m3.corpname.com$MY_URI
    } elseif {$MY_HOST equals "intra.m3.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3.corpname.com$MY_URI
    } elseif {$MY_HOST equals "intra.m3-dc1.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc1.corpname.com$MY_URI
    } elseif {$MY_HOST equals "intra.m3-dc2.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc2.corpname.com$MY_URI
    } elseif {$MY_HOST equals "intra.m3-dc3.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc3.corpname.com$MY_URI
    }
  event HTTP_REQUEST disable
  TCP::close
  }
}
}
when HTTP_RESPONSE {event HTTP_REQUEST enable}
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abcd_redirect-http (trying switch -glob)
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when HTTP_RESPONSE {event HTTP_REQUEST enable}

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {event HTTP_REQUEST enable}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
  set MY_HOST [string tolower [HTTP::host]]
  set MY_URI [string tolower [HTTP::uri]]

  switch -glob $MY_URI {
    "/abcd/"-
    "/abcd_lane2"-
    "/abcd_hotfix" {
    if {not ($MY_URI contains "/web/abcdpayment.web/") and not ($MY_URI contains "/web/abcdpaymentprocessing.web/")} {
    if {$MY_HOST equals "m3.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://a1.m3.corpname.com$MY_URI
    } elseif {$MY_HOST equals "intra.m3.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3.corpname.com$MY_URI
    } elseif {$MY_HOST equals "intra.m3-dc1.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc1.corpname.com$MY_URI
    } elseif {$MY_HOST equals "intra.m3-dc2.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc2.corpname.com$MY_URI
    } elseif {$MY_HOST equals "intra.m3-dc3.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc3.corpname.com$MY_URI
    }
  event HTTP_REQUEST disable
  TCP::close
  }
}
}
when HTTP_RESPONSE {event HTTP_REQUEST enable}
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abcd_redirect-http (trying logical or ||)
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when HTTP_RESPONSE {event HTTP_REQUEST enable}

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {event HTTP_REQUEST enable}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
  set MY_HOST [string tolower [HTTP::host]]
  set MY_URI [string tolower [HTTP::uri]]

  if {$MY_URI starts_with "/abcd/" || $MY_URI starts_with "/abcd_lane2/" || $MY_URI starts_with "/abcd_hotfix/" } { 
   if {not ($MY_URI contains "/web/abcdpayment.web/") and not ($MY_URI contains "/web/abcdpaymentprocessing.web/")} {
    if {$MY_HOST equals "m3.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://a1.m3.corpname.com$MY_URI
    } elseif {$MY_HOST equals "intra.m3.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3.corpname.com$MY_URI
    } elseif {$MY_HOST equals "intra.m3-dc1.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc1.corpname.com$MY_URI
    } elseif {$MY_HOST equals "intra.m3-dc2.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc2.corpname.com$MY_URI
    } elseif {$MY_HOST equals "intra.m3-dc3.corpname.com"} {
    HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc3.corpname.com$MY_URI
    }
  event HTTP_REQUEST disable
  TCP::close
  }
}
}
when HTTP_RESPONSE {event HTTP_REQUEST enable}
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  • Vijay_E's avatar
    Vijay_E
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    Jun 01, 2016

    1. Usually, when you add the iRule to the F5 LTM, it will throw one or more errors if there are syntax issues. Have you tried adding it to the LTM & do you see any errors ?

       

    2. See this for switch: https://devcentral.f5.com/articles/irules-101-04-switch

       

    3. I find the explicit event enabling commands "HTTP_REQUEST enable" redundant. I may be mistaken but I am not sure why you have to enable the event.

       

  • Stanislas_Piro2's avatar
    Stanislas_Piro2
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    Jun 01, 2016

    Hi,

    you can try this irule:

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
  set MY_HOST [string tolower [HTTP::host]]
  set MY_URI [string tolower [HTTP::uri]]
    switch -glob $MY_URI {
        "*/web/abcdpayment.web/*" -
        "*/web/abcdpaymentprocessing.web/*" {TCP::close}
        "/abcd/*" -
        "/abcd_lane2/*" -
        "/abcd_hotfix/*" {
            switch $MY_HOST {
                "m3.corpname.com" {HTTP::redirect http://a1.m3.corpname.com$MY_URI}
                "intra.m3.corpname.com" {HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3.corpname.com$MY_URI}
                "intra.m3-dc1.corpname.com" {HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc1.corpname.com$MY_URI}
                "intra.m3-dc2.corpname.com" {HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc2.corpname.com$MY_URI}
                "intra.m3-dc3.corpname.com" {HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc3.corpname.com$MY_URI}   
            }
        TCP::close
        }
    }
}
  • f5_rocks's avatar
    f5_rocks
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    Jun 04, 2016
    The proposed solution did not work, so I started over with my rule and incorporated the easy switch for the hostnames. 
when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {event HTTP_REQUEST enable}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
  set MY_HOST [string tolower [HTTP::host]]
  set MY_URI [string tolower [HTTP::uri]]

  if {$MY_URI starts_with "/abcd"} { 
   if {not ($MY_URI contains "/abcdpayment.web/") and not ($MY_URI contains "/abcdpaymentprocessing.web/")} {
    switch $MY_HOST {
                "m3.corpname.com" {HTTP::redirect http://a1.m3.corpname.com$MY_URI}
                "intra.m3.corpname.com" {HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3.corpname.com$MY_URI}
                "intra.m3-dc1.corpname.com" {HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc1.corpname.com$MY_URI}
                "intra.m3-dc2msp.corpname.com" {HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc2.corpname.com$MY_URI}
                "intra.m3-dc3.corpname.com" {HTTP::redirect http://intra.a1.m3-dc3.corpname.com$MY_URI}   
            }
        }
  event HTTP_REQUEST disable
  TCP::close
  }
}
when HTTP_RESPONSE {event HTTP_REQUEST enable}