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Sekhar
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Jan 22, 2016

Bumping blade version and saving config

Hi,

When ever I apply irule to limit connections for specific IP's i get this error in F5 logs

noticeslot1/clusterd[7100]013a0006Bumping this blade's revision and saving cluster config noticeslot1/clusterd[7100]013a0006Bumping this blade's revision and saving cluster config.

The iRule i am using is

when RULE_INIT { This defines how long is the sliding window to count the requests. This example allows 3 requests in 5 seconds set static::windowSecs 5 } when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {

 Max connections per client IP
set limit [class match -value [IP::client_addr] equals oneline_block]
log local0. "[IP::client_addr]: \$limit: $limit"
`


}

when HTTP_REQUEST {

` Check if client IP is in the connection limit data group and the request is a GET 
if { ($limit ne "") and (([HTTP::method] eq "GET") or ([HTTP::method] eq "POST")) } {
    set getCount [table key -count -subtable [IP::client_addr]]
    log local0. "[IP::client_addr]: getCount=$getCount"
    if { $getCount < $limit} {
        incr getCount 1
        table set -subtable [IP::client_addr] $getCount "" indefinite $static::windowSecs
    } else {  
              log local0. "[IP::client_addr]: exceeded the number of requests allowed. $getCount / $limit"
        HTTP::respond 501 content "Request blocked. Exceeded requests/sec limit."
    }
}

}

I am observing this only when i am also trying to block http post requests. Am I doing anything wrong. Please help me if I can apply this iRule or not.

Thanks,

Sekhar

1 Reply

  • Sekhar's avatar
    Sekhar
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    Hi All,

     

    Opened support case with F5 and this is the reply i got.

     

    The messages that you're seeing when applying an iRule to limit HTTP requests are logged when the admin saves the configuration via the GUI. They're totally benign and nothing to worry about.

     

    notice clusterd[7100]013a0006 Bumping this blade's revision and saving cluster config

     

    Thanks,

     

    Sekhar