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Jul 18, 2006

Tip: Using iRule to comment your configuration

As iRules are the only place you can put comments in a BigIP configuration, it occured to me that they could be used to document your config, like a change log:


rule change-log {
 17/7/2006 - stephen - Add virtuals for Bordermanager
 10/7/2006 - stephen - Initial build
}

or any other noteworthy item:


rule comments {
 Note that blah-vip has a public IP, but access to it is not allowed through the firewall
 until QA testing is complete. 
}

It's a pity you can't make them show at the top of your config, but it is better than nothing.

If anyone thinks this is a bad idea, let me know, otherwise I'm going to start doing this.

2 Replies

  • If rules aren't loaded into memory unless they are called by a profile or a virtual server, then I can't see any performance reason why this would be a problem.
  • Hi Stephen,

     

     

    You could always submit a request for enhancement via support if you think it would be helpful to be able to add/view comments (in the GUI?) to the objects in the configuration.

     

     

    Aaron