iRule

An interesting question came up the other day, we have multiple endpoints sending syslogs into a F5 VIP fronting a syslog collector…all on port 514. Our logging team wanted to change the port from 514...

HSL_syslog_cloning First lets create two(2) pools with a single node in each. These will be used in our iRule to clone the UDP datagram to both. pool_SyslogServer001 pool_SyslogServer001 Now that we created the two(2) pools...

I wrote a iRule post located here, where I describe the essentials behind how beneficial iRules can be and the many use cases they have. I stumbled across a situation the other day for a...

A interesting request came up today regarding a Web Service we provide to multiple clients, all of whom have peering points connecting their IP network to ours using private address. The request was to have...

So, I had a cool question asked to me today regarding an F5 VIP used by a web application. “Can we block a certain URI from external client’s but allow internal client’s to visit it?”...

What is an iRule? What are iRules? What can I do with iRules? What is an iRule example? One of the most advantageous features that an BIG IP F5 Local Traffic Manager brings is it’s...