Pass parameters for a rule

[fahimbfarook]

Is it possible to pass parameters for a rule. - i.e. Like we can provide init parameters for Java extensions?

i.e. I need to set a flag depending on my application status and use that flag in my rule and do different actions.

[aclarke]

Fahim,

can you be more specific on the use case? I can think of a few possible ways, but I would like to ensure I understand the problem properly first.

Cheers.

Aidan.

[fahimbfarook]

Hi Aidan,

I have one Virtual Server and there's no room add another. This VS receives requests for two host names (say www.one.mydomai.com and www.two.mydomai.com ). Also I have different applications deployed which are accessible from above domains (with different context roots).

When app1 is under maintenance I want to put up maintenance page for "www.one.mydomai.com/app1" requests and other apps must be accessible during this time. Also I do not want to have maintenance-rules for each domain/ app combination, but one generic maintenance rule.

So for this if theres any way to pass parameters to rules, I can have one maintenance rule which will accept the domain-name and app-name as parameters and put up the maintenance page.

Appreciate your thoughts here. Thanks.

[aclarke]

Fahim,

Apologies for the delay in responding...

You could easily set this up with variables in the TS that can either be set in the script itself (ie: app1Mainenance = 1) or using a file on the STM or an HTTP call out to a web server somewhere to check for a file for example.

As example of the variables in the script could be:

# Static Variable Example:
# Change the appropriate app<n> prefix between "active" and "maintenance"
# to enable redirection to the maintenance page:

# $application_hash is a hash of URL prefixes and their desired state
# of either "active" or "maintenance"

$applications_hash = [ "/app1" => "active",
                       "/app2" => "maintenance"
                     ];

$path = http.getPath();

switch ($path) {
  case "/app1":
  if ( $applications_hash[$path] == "maintenance") {
  pool.use("pool_maintenance");
  }
  case "/app2":
  if ( $applications_hash[$path] == "maintenance") {
  pool.use("pool_maintenance");
  }
}

(note: the above script could be made easier to maintain by putting the switch statement into a for() loop iterating through the keys in $application_hash, but I opted not to for the sake of reading / understanding clarity.)

If you want to use a flat file or HTTP based lookup to an external resource (like files on a web server somewhere) the logic is the same, but instead of using the $application_hash[] hash, you would use a file in the "extra files" section using resource.get() or make the request to an external server using an http.request.get() call...

Does this help?

Cheers.

Aidan.

[aclarke]

Fahim,

How did you go with the details in my last post? Was it helpful? Did it solve your problem?

A.