BIG-IP Local Traffic Management: Getting Started with Policies

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Manual : BIG-IP Local Traffic Management: Getting Started with Policies

Applies To:

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BIG-IP LTM

15.0.1, 15.0.0

BIG-IP PEM

15.0.1, 15.0.0

BIG-IP ASM

15.0.1, 15.0.0

Original Publication Date: 05/20/2018
Updated Date: 06/12/2025

Introducing Local Traffic Policies

About Local Traffic Policies

About local traffic policy matching

About strategies for local traffic policy matching

About rules for local traffic policy matching

About conditions for local traffic policy matching

About actions for a local traffic policy rule

About options for conditions and actions

Common tmsh commands for local traffic policies

Creating a draft local traffic policy

Publishing a local traffic policy

Modifying a published local traffic policy

Reordering local traffic draft policy rules

Associating a published local traffic policy with a virtual server

Cloning a local traffic policy

Creating a user-defined local traffic policy matching strategy

Deleting a local traffic policy

Example: Preventing a Nimda worm attack

Creating a policy to prevent a Nimda worm attack: video example

Preventing a Nimda worm attack: tmsh example

Preventing a Nimda worm attack: iRules example

Example: Using selective compression

Creating a policy to support selective compression: video example

Selective compression: tmsh example

Selective compression: iRules example

Example: Preventing a spoof of an x-forwarded-for request

Creating a policy to prevent a spoof of an x-forwarded-for request: video example

Preventing a spoof of an x-forwarded-for request: tmsh example

Preventing a spoof of an x-forwarded-for request: iRules example

Example: Mitigating shellshock

Creating a policy to mitigate a shellshock attack: video example

Mitigating shellshock: tmsh example

Mitigating shellshock: iRules example