HTTP_CLASS_SELECTED¶

Description¶

An iRule event triggered when an HTTP request matches an HTTP class. You can use the HTTP__class command to extract the matching class name.

Replaced by the POLICY commands in v11.4. For details refer to sol14381: HTTP Class iRule events and commands are no longer available in BIG-IP 11.4.0

Examples¶

when HTTP_CLASS_SELECTED {
  if{ [HTTP::class] eq $myClass } {
    pool http
  }
}

Related Information¶

Available Commands:

ASM::disable - Disables plugin processing on the connection.
ASM::enable - Enables plugin processing on the connection.
clone - Causes the system to clone traffic to the specified pool or pool member regardless of monitor status.
forward - Sets the connection to forward IP packets.
HTTP::class - Returns or sets the HTTP class selected by the HTTP selector.
HTTP::redirect - Redirects an HTTP request or response to the specified URL.
HTTP::uri - Returns or sets the URI part of the HTTP request.
imid - Returns an i-mode identifier string.
IP::idle_timeout - Returns or sets the idle timeout value.
ip_ttl - Returns the TTL of the latest IP packet received.
lasthop - Sets the lasthop of an IP connection.
listen - Sets up a related ephemeral listener to allow an incoming related connection to be established.
LSN::address - Set or override translation address.
LSN::disable - Disable LSN translation.
LSN::inbound - Disable inbound connections to translation address/port.
LSN::persistence - Set translation selection mode and persistence timeout.
LSN::persistence-entry - Create or lookup translation address.
LSN::pool - Specify LSN pool for current connection.
LSN::port - Set or override translation port.
nexthop - Sets the nexthop of an IP connection.
node - Sends the packet directly to the identified server node.
peer - Causes the specified iRule commands to be evaluated under the peer’s (opposite) context.
persist - Causes the system to use the named persistence type to persist the connection.
pool - Causes the system to load balance traffic to the specified pool or pool member regardless of monitor status.
session - Utilizes the persistence table to store arbitrary information based on the same keys as persistence.
SSL::cert - Returns X509 SSL certificate data.

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Sample Code:

Log Http Class Selection - This iRule logs details of an HTTP request when the request is parsed and when the request matches or does not match an HTTP class filterset.

Introduced: BIGIP-9.2.0

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