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Intelligent Management: rules for ODR routing policy administrative tasks

You can use administrative tasks to configure HTTP or Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) rules for the on demand router (ODR) routing policy.

Use the following rules to configure routing policies. These rules are the preferred routing policy configuration method. You can also configure multi-cluster routing policies for failover and load balancing. To learn more about this procedure, read about configuring the on demand router for multi-cluster failover and load balancing routing.

The main benefits of using the ODR routing policy administrative commands are:

addRoutingRule

The addRoutingRule command adds a routing policy rule.
Note: If you have an existing application edition with a defined multi-cluster routing policy and you install a new edition, you must create a new multi-cluster routing policy for the new edition.

Required parameters

  • -protocol: Specifies the name of the protocol to associate with a rule. (String, required)
  • -priority: Positive integer value representing the priority of a rule. Zero is the highest priority. (String, required)
  • -expression: Specifies the rule expression. The expression must be enclosed in double quotes. For more information about specifying the parameters for the rule expression, refer to the SIP operands topic and the HTTP operands topic. (String, required)
  • -actionType: Specifies the type of action to associate with a rule. (String, required)
    The following list contains the types of actions to associate with HTTP rules:
    • localResource: Specifies the local resource (file) to use for this routing rule.
    • permit: Permit routing to servers not in a maintenance mode.
    • redirect: Redirect the request to the URL specified by the redirectURL option.
    • reject: Reject routing with return code specified by the errorcode option.
    • permitsticky: Permit routing to servers not in maintenance mode and perform active affinity; that is, affinity is always preserved even when not requested by the application.
    • permitMM: Permit routing only to servers in maintenance mode.
    • permitstickyMM: Permit routing only to servers in maintenance mode and perform active affinity.
    The following list contains the types of actions to associate with SIP rules:
    • permit: Permit routing to servers not in maintenance mode.
    • reject: Reject routing with return code specified by the errorcode option.

Optional parameters

  • -odrname: Specifies the name of the ODR to which the routing policy work class applies. The -odrname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • [8.5.5.0 or later] -webservername: Specifies the name of the web server to which the routing policy work class applies.
  • -nodename: Specifies the name of the node on which the ODR or web server resides. The -nodename parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • -clustername: Specifies the name of the cluster to which the rule applies. The -clustername parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.
  • -dcname: Specifies the name of the dynamic cluster to which the rule applies. The -dcname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.
  • -multiclusterAction: Specifies the method to route requests if multiple routing location clusters are matched. The -multiclusterAction parameter applies to any of the permit actionTypes, and is required only if actionType is equal to permit, permitsticky, permitMM, or permitstickyMM.
    • Failover: Find the first cluster with an available server and load balance across that cluster. The order of a dynamically generated list of clusters is undefined.
    • WRR: Weighted Round Robin load balance. For UDP retransmission, maintain affinity.
    • WLOR: Weighted least outstanding request.
      Best practice Best practice: The recommendation is to use the WLOR value instead of the WRR value.bprac
    The following list contains the possible values for SIP rules:
    • Failover: Find the first cluster with an available server and load balance across that cluster. The order of a dynamically generated list of clusters is undefined.
    • WRR: Weighted Round Robin load balance. For UDP retransmission, maintain affinity.
    • Error: If there are multiple clusters, to select from it throws an error. it expects one and only one cluster.
  • -routingLocations: Specifies a list of target locations to route requests. The -routingLocations parameter is required only if actionType is equal to any of the permit actionType.
    Each operand in the list follows one of three formats, and can contain a wildcard * value, which matches any value:
    • cluster=cellName/clusterName
    • server=cellName/nodeName/serverName
    • module=cellName/applicationName/applicationVersion/moduleName
    With SIP routing rules only, you can alternatively define target clusters through a rule expression. The valid operators are AND, OR, NOT and parenthetical grouping. Format according to the following list:
    • cluster=cellName/clusterName
    • server=cellName/nodeName/serverName
    • module=cellName/applicationName/applicationVersion/moduleName
    • server maintenance mode=true or false
    • node maintenance mode=true or false
    • protocol=PROTO_VALUE:
      PROTO_SIP = sip
      SIP over TCP
      PROTO_SIPS = sips
      SIP over SSL and TCP
      PROTO_SIPU = sipu
      SIP over UDP
      PROTO_SIPX = sipx
      SIP over XMEM
    Note: For applications that have no applicationVersion value, leave the applicationVersion value blank: module=cellName/application//moduleName.
  • -errorcode: Integer error code to reject request. The -errorcode parameter is required only if actionType is equal to reject.
  • -localResource: This option can be used in association with the actionType parameter. If you use the -localResource option with the actionType parameter, also specify the localResourcePath parameter. The localResourcePath parameter indicates the absolute or relative path to the profile root.

Batch mode example usage

The following example shows a failover of all applications in a cell to a generic server cluster that points to another cell:
  • Using Jacl:
    $AdminTask addRoutingRule {-webservername ws1 -nodename node1 -protocol HTTP -priority 0 -expression 
    "request.method = 'getOperation'" -actionType permit -multiclusterAction Failover 
    -routingLocations cluster=*/*}
  • Using Jython string:
    AdminTask.addRoutingRule('-webservername ws1 -nodename node1 -protocol HTTP -priority 0 -expression 
    "queryparm$userid = \'123\'" -actionType permit -multiclusterAction Failover -routingLocations 
    "module=*/*/*/*,cluster=myCell/myFailoverGSCThatPointsToAnotherCell"') 
The following example creates a multi-cluster routing policy for a new application edition:
  • Using Jacl:
    $AdminTask addRoutingRule {-odrname odr -nodename node1 -protocol 
    HTTP -priority 0 -expression "uri LIKEIN {'/contextRoot','/contextRoot/%'}" 
    -actionType permit -multiclusterAction Failover -routingLocations 
    cluster=cellName/clusterName}
  • Using Jython string:
    AdminTask.addRoutingRule('-odrname odr -nodename node1 -protocol 
    HTTP -priority 0 -expression "uri LIKEIN (\'/contextRoot\',\'/contextRoot/%\')" 
    -actionType permit -multiclusterAction Failover -routingLocations 
    cluster=cellName/clusterName')

Interactive mode example usage

changeRoutingDefaultRulesAction

The changeRoutingDefaultRulesAction command changes the routing policy default action for a rule.

Required parameters

  • -protocol: Specifies the name of the protocol to associate with a rule. (String, required)
  • -actionType: Specifies the type of action to associate with a rule. (String, required)
    The following list contains the types of actions to associate with HTTP rules:
    • localResource: Specifies the local resource (file) to use for this routing rule.
    • permit: Permit routing to servers not in a maintenance mode.
    • redirect: Redirect the request to the URL specified by the redirectURL option.
    • reject: Reject routing with return code specified by the errorcode option.
    • permitsticky: Permit routing to servers not in maintenance mode and perform active affinity; that is, affinity is always preserved even when not requested by the application.
    • permitMM: Permit routing only to servers in maintenance mode.
    • permitstickyMM: Permit routing only to servers in maintenance mode and perform active affinity.
    The following list contains the types of actions to associate with SIP rules:
    • permit: Permit routing to servers not in maintenance mode.
    • reject: Reject routing with return code specified by the errorcode option.

Optional parameters

  • -odrname: Specifies the name of the ODR to which the routing policy work class applies. The -odrname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • [8.5.5.0 or later] -webservername: Specifies the name of the web server to which the routing policy work class applies.
  • -nodename: Specifies the name of the node on which the ODR or web server resides. The -nodename parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • -clustername: Specifies the name of the cluster to which the rule applies. The -clustername parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.
  • -dcname: Specifies the name of the dynamic cluster to which the rule applies. The -dcname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.
  • -multiclusterAction: Specifies the method to route requests if multiple routing location clusters are matched. The -multiclusterAction parameter applies to any of the permit action types, and is required only if actionType is equal to permit, permitsticky, permitMM, or permitstickyMM.
    • Failover: Find the first cluster with an available server and load balance across that cluster. The order of a dynamically generated list of clusters is undefined.
    • WRR: Weighted Round Robin load balance. For UDP retransmission, maintain affinity.
    • WLOR: Weighted least outstanding request.
      Best practice Best practice: The recommendation is to use the WLOR value instead of the WRR value.bprac
    The following list contains the possible values for SIP rules:
    • Failover: Find the first cluster with an available server and load balance across that cluster. The order of a dynamically generated list of clusters is undefined.
    • WRR: Weighted Round Robin load balance. For UDP retransmission, maintain affinity.
    • Error: If there are multiple clusters, to select from it throws an error. it expects one and only one cluster.
  • -routingLocations: Specifies a list of target locations to route requests. The -routingLocations parameter is required only if actionType is equal to any of the permit action types.
    Each operand in the list follows one of three formats, and can contain a wildcard * value, which matches any value:
    • cluster=cellName/clusterName
    • server=cellName/nodeName/serverName
    • module=cellName/applicationName/applicationVersion/moduleName
    With SIP routing rules only, you can alternatively define target clusters through a rule expression. The valid operators are AND, OR, NOT and parenthetical grouping. Format according to the following list:
    • cluster=cellName/clusterName
    • server=cellName/nodeName/serverName
    • module=cellName/applicationName/applicationVersion/moduleName
    • server maintenance mode=true or false
    • node maintenance mode=true or false
    • protocol=PROTO_VALUE:
      PROTO_SIP = sip
      SIP over TCP
      PROTO_SIPS = sips
      SIP over SSL and TCP
      PROTO_SIPU = sipu
      SIP over UDP
      PROTO_SIPX = sipx
      SIP over XMEM
    Note: For applications that have no applicationVersion value, leave the applicationVersion value blank: module=cellName/application//moduleName.
  • -errorcode: Integer error code to reject request. The -errorcode parameter is required only if actionType is equal to reject.
  • -localResource: This option can be used in association with the actionType parameter. If you use the -localResource option with the actionType parameter, also specify the localResourcePath parameter. The localResourcePath parameter indicates the absolute or relative path to the profile root.

Batch mode example usage

Interactive mode example usage

changeRoutingRuleAction

The changeRoutingRuleAction command changes a routing policy action for a rule.

Required parameters

  • -protocol: Specifies the name of the protocol to associate with a rule. (String, required)
  • -priority: Positive integer value representing the priority of a rule. Zero is the highest priority. (String, required)

Optional parameters

  • -odrname: Specifies the name of the ODR to which the routing policy work class applies. The -odrname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • [8.5.5.0 or later] -webservername: Specifies the name of the web server to which the routing policy work class applies.
  • -nodename: Specifies the name of the node on which the ODR or web server resides. The -nodename parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • -clustername: Specifies the name of the cluster to which the rule applies. The -clustername parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.
  • -dcname: Specifies the name of the dynamic cluster to which the rule applies. The -dcname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.
  • -multiclusterAction: Specifies the method to route requests if multiple routing location clusters are matched. The -multiclusterAction parameter applies to any of the permit actionTypes, and is required only if actionType is equal to permit, permitsticky, permitMM, or permitstickyMM.
    • Failover: Find the first cluster with an available server and load balance across that cluster. The order of a dynamically generated list of clusters is undefined.
    • WRR: Weighted Round Robin load balance. For UDP retransmission, maintain affinity.
    • WLOR: Weighted least outstanding request.
      Best practice Best practice: The recommendation is to use the WLOR value instead of the WRR value.bprac
    The following list contains the possible values for SIP rules:
    • Failover: Find the first cluster with an available server and load balance across that cluster. The order of a dynamically generated list of clusters is undefined.
    • WRR: Weighted Round Robin load balance. For UDP retransmission, maintain affinity.
    • Error: If there are multiple clusters, to select from it throws an error. it expects one and only one cluster.
  • -routingLocations: Specifies a list of target locations to route requests. The -routingLocations parameter is required only if actionType is equal to any of the permit actionTypes.
    Each operand in the list follows one of three formats, and can contain a wildcard * value, which matches any value:
    • cluster=cellName/clusterName
    • server=cellName/nodeName/serverName
    • module=cellName/applicationName/applicationVersion/moduleName
    With SIP routing rules only, you can alternatively define target clusters through a rule expression. The valid operators are AND, OR, NOT and parenthetical grouping. Format according to the following list:
    • cluster=cellName/clusterName
    • server=cellName/nodeName/serverName
    • module=cellName/applicationName/applicationVersion/moduleName
    • server maintenance mode=true or false
    • node maintenance mode=true or false
    • protocol=PROTO_VALUE:
      PROTO_SIP = sip
      SIP over TCP
      PROTO_SIPS = sips
      SIP over SSL and TCP
      PROTO_SIPU = sipu
      SIP over UDP
      PROTO_SIPX = sipx
      SIP over XMEM
    Note: For applications that have no applicationVersion value, leave the applicationVersion value blank: module=cellName/application//moduleName.
  • -errorcode: Integer error code to reject request. The -errorcode parameter is required only if actionType is equal to reject.
  • -localResource: This option can be used in association with the actionType parameter. If you use the -localResource option with the actionType parameter, also specify the localResourcePath parameter. The localResourcePath parameter indicates the absolute or relative path to the profile root.

Batch mode example usage

Interactive mode example usage

changeRoutingRuleExpression

The changeRoutingRuleExpression command changes a routing policy rule expression.

Required parameters

  • -protocol: Specifies the name of the protocol to associate with a rule. (String, required)
  • -priority: Positive integer value representing the priority of a rule. Zero is the highest priority. (String, required)
  • -expression: Specifies the rule expression. The expression must be enclosed in double quotes. For more information about specifying the parameters for the rule expression, refer to the SIP operands topic and the HTTP operands topic. (String, required)

Optional parameters

  • -odrname: Specifies the name of the ODR to which the routing policy work class applies. The -odrname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • [8.5.5.0 or later] -webservername: Specifies the name of the web server to which the routing policy work class applies.
  • -nodename: Specifies the name of the node on which the ODR or web server resides. The -nodename parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • -clustername: Specifies the name of the cluster to which the rule applies. The -clustername parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.
  • -dcname: Specifies the name of the dynamic cluster to which the rule applies. The -dcname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.

Batch mode example usage

Interactive mode example usage

changeRoutingRulePriority

The changeRoutingRulePriority command changes a routing policy rule priority.

Required parameters

  • -protocol: Specifies the name of the protocol to associate with a rule. (String, required)
  • -priority: Positive integer value representing the priority of a rule. Zero is the highest priority. (String, required)
  • -expression: Specifies the rule expression. The expression must be enclosed in double quotes. For more information about specifying the parameters for the rule expression, refer to the SIP operands topic and the HTTP operands topic. (String, required)

Optional parameters

  • -odrname: Specifies the name of the ODR to which the routing policy work class applies. The -odrname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • [8.5.5.0 or later] -webservername: Specifies the name of the web server to which the routing policy work class applies.
  • -nodename: Specifies the name of the node on which the ODR or web server resides. The -nodename parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • -clustername: Specifies the name of the cluster to which the rule applies. The -clustername parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.
  • -dcname: Specifies the name of the dynamic cluster to which the rule applies. The -dcname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.

Batch mode example usage

Interactive mode example usage

createRoutingRules

The createRoutingRules command creates a routing policy rule list.

Required parameters

  • -protocol: Specifies the name of the protocol to associate with a rule. (String, required)

Optional parameters

  • -odrname: Specifies the name of the ODR to which the routing policy work class applies. The -odrname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • [8.5.5.0 or later] -webservername: Specifies the name of the web server to which the routing policy work class applies.
  • -nodename: Specifies the name of the node on which the ODR or web server resides. The -nodename parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • -clustername: Specifies the name of the cluster to which the rule applies. The -clustername parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.
  • -dcname: Specifies the name of the dynamic cluster to which the rule applies. The -dcname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.

Batch mode example usage

Interactive mode example usage

listRoutingRules

The listRoutingRules deletes a dynamic cluster from the configuration.

Required parameters

  • -protocol: Specifies the name of the protocol to associate with a rule. (String, required)

Optional parameters

  • -odrname: Specifies the name of the ODR to which the routing policy work class applies. The -odrname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • [8.5.5.0 or later] -webservername: Specifies the name of the web server to which the routing policy work class applies.
  • -nodename: Specifies the name of the node on which the ODR or web server resides. The -nodename parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • -clustername: Specifies the name of the cluster to which the rule applies. The -clustername parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.
  • -dcname: Specifies the name of the dynamic cluster to which the rule applies. The -dcname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.

Batch mode example usage

Interactive mode example usage

removeRoutingRule

The removeRoutingRule command removes a routing policy rule.

Required parameters

  • -protocol: Specifies the name of the protocol to associate with a rule. (String, required)
  • -priority: Positive integer value representing the priority of a rule. Zero is the highest priority. (String, required)
  • -expression: Specifies the rule expression. The expression must be enclosed in double quotes. For more information about specifying the parameters for the rule expression, refer to the SIP operands topic and the HTTP operands topic. (String, required)

Optional parameters

  • -odrname: Specifies the name of the ODR to which the routing policy work class applies. The -odrname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • [8.5.5.0 or later] -webservername: Specifies the name of the web server to which the routing policy work class applies.
  • -nodename: Specifies the name of the node on which the ODR or web server resides. The -nodename parameter is required only if you modify an ODR or a web server.
  • -clustername: Specifies the name of the cluster to which the rule applies. The -clustername parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.
  • -dcname: Specifies the name of the dynamic cluster to which the rule applies. The -dcname parameter is required only if you modify an ODR cluster.

Batch mode example usage

Interactive mode example usage

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