Manual Chapter :
Adding an HTTP Connector to a subroutine to check an external
blocklist
Applies To:
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BIG-IP APM
- 16.0.1, 16.0.0
Adding an HTTP Connector to a subroutine to check an external
blocklist
You should have created a per-request policy
before you complete this task.
Add the HTTP Connector item to the Check
Blocklist subroutine you created to check data against an external HTTP server. In this
example, you verify that an IP address is not included on an external IP
blocklist.
- Expand the subroutine by clicking the [+] icon.The subroutine displays.
- Click the(+)icon anywhere in the subroutine to add a new item.
- Click theGeneral Purposetab.
- Select theHTTP Connectoritem, and clickAdd Item.
- FromHTTP Connector Request, select the HTTP connector request you configured previously.
- Click the Branch Rules tab.The Branch Rules screen opens.
- Change the name of the defaultSuccessfulrule.In this case, the expression will detect that the IP addrress is not on a blocklist, so you could name this ruleIP Not Blocked, for example.
- Click thechangelink in the Expression area.A popup screen opens.
- Click the Advanced tab.Use this tab to enter Tcl expressions.A text input field displays.
- In the field, typeexpr {[mcget {subsession.http_connector.body.is-listed == false}, and clickFinished.
- ClickEdit Terminals.A popup screen opens.
- ClickAdd Terminal.A new terminal line appears.
- Type the name for the new terminal, for example,Fail, and select the red color, then clickSave.
- On the IP Not Blocked branch you created earlier in the subroutine, click theOutterminal.
- Select the success terminal, for example,Success, and clickSave.
- ClickSave.
