Add rule
Fill in the fields and click OK.
- Rule Name
- The name of the rule which is set by you. This name can contain any
alphanumeric character, underscore, hyphen, or period. It may be from 1 to 20
characters and cannot contain any blanks.
- Rule Type
- You may choose from the following rule types:
- IP Address
Based on the client's IP address.
- Time of day
Based on the time of day.
- Total Connections
Based on the number of connections per second for the port.
- Active Connections
Based on the total number of active connections for the port.
- Content
A regular expression which will be compared to the client requested URLs.
- Always True
The rule will always be true.
- Priority (optional)
- An integer representing the order in which rules are reviewed. If no priority
is given to the first rule you set, by default it will be given a priority value of 1 and evaluated first.
The next rule will then be given a priority value of 11 and evaluated second, (last priority value + 10, in
this case 1 + 10), third rule = 21, fourth rule = 31, and so forth. The rules are evaluated in numerical
order, lower numbers taking precedence over higher ones.
- Begin Range
- Optionally, the lower value in the range used to determine whether or not the rule
is true. If you are adding a rule based on:
- IP Address, then the begin range is the address of the client as either a symbolic name or in dotted-decimal format. The default is 0.0.0.0.
- Time, then the begin range is an integer. The default is 0, representing midnight.
- Total Connections, then the begin range is an integer. The default is 0.
- Active Connections, then the begin range is an integer. The default is 0.
You do not have to specify a begin range for an always true rule.
- End Range
- Optionally, the upper value in the range used to determine whether or not the rule is true. If you are adding a rule based on:
- IP Address, then the end range is the address of the client as either a symbolic name or in dotted-decimal format. The default is 255.255.255.255.
- Time of day, then the end range is an integer. The default is 24, representing midnight.
- Total Connections, then the end range is an integer. The default is 2 to the 32nd power minus 1.
- Active Connections, then the end range is an integer. The default is 2 to the 32nd power minus 1.
You do not have to specify an end range for an always true rule.
- Pattern
- Only applicable if you selected Content for the rule type. Enter the pattern syntax
you want to use, using the following restrictions:
- no spaces
- special characters: (unless you precede the character with a "\")
'*' : wildcard (matches 0 to x of any character)
'(' : used for logic grouping
')' : used for logic grouping
'&' : logical AND
'|' : logical OR
'!' : logical NOT
- reserved keywords (always followed by '='):
Method : used by the HTTP protocol, in a translation,
to retrieve a request. For example, GET, POST and
so forth.
UTI : path of the URL request
Version : specific version of the request, either
HTTP/1.0 or HTTP/1.1
Host : value from the host: header
Note:optional in HTTP/1.0 protocols
[key] : any valid HTTP header name that Dispatcher
can search for. For example, User-Agent,
Connection, referer, and so forth.
Examples: A browser targeting http://www.company.com/path/webpage.htm might result in values such as the following:
Method=GET
URI=/path/webpage.htm
Version=HTTP/1.1
Host=www.company.com
Connection=Keep-Alive
For more information regarding pattern syntax, as well as scenarios, please see the Network Dispatcher
Administration Guide, which you can download or view from the
Websphere Edge Server library page.
- One or more server addresses: (optional)
- The list of server(s) currently defined for the port. You can optionally select one or more
from the list to be included with the rule.
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