ADC CLI Commands

ns-variable

The following operations can be performed on “ns-variable”:

set add show unset rm

set ns variable

Set a variable for use in assignments and expressions.

Synopsis

set ns variable [-type ] [-ifFull ( undef | lru )] [-ifValueTooBig ( undef | truncate )] [-ifNoValue ( undef | init )] [-init ] [-expires ] [-comment ]

Arguments

name Variable name. This follows the same syntax rules as other expression entity names: It must begin with an alpha character (A-Z or a-z) or an underscore (_). The rest of the characters must be alpha, numeric (0-9) or underscores. It cannot be re or xp (reserved for regular and XPath expressions). It cannot be an expression reserved word (e.g. SYS or HTTP). It cannot be used for an existing expression object (HTTP callout, patset, dataset, stringmap, or named expression).

type Specification of the variable type; one of the following: ulong - singleton variable with an unsigned 64-bit value. text(value-max-size) - singleton variable with a text string value. map(text(key-max-size),ulong,max-entries) - map of text string keys to unsigned 64-bit values. map(text(key-max-size),text(value-max-size),max-entries) - map of text string keys to text string values. where value-max-size is a positive integer that is the maximum number of bytes in a text string value. key-max-size is a positive integer that is the maximum number of bytes in a text string key. max-entries is a positive integer that is the maximum number of entries in a map variable. For a global singleton text variable, value-max-size <= 64000. For a global map with ulong values, key-max-size <= 64000. For a global map with text values, key-max-size + value-max-size <= 64000. max-entries is a positive integer that is the maximum number of entries in a map variable. This has a theoretical maximum of 2^64-1, but in actual use will be much smaller, considering the memory available for use by the map. Example: map(text(10),text(20),100) specifies a map of text string keys (max size 10 bytes) to text string values (max size 20 bytes), with 100 max entries.

ifFull Action to perform if an assignment to a map exceeds its configured max-entries: lru - (default) reuse the least recently used entry in the map. undef - force the assignment to return an undefined (Undef) result to the policy executing the assignment.

Possible values: undef, lru Default value: lru

ifValueTooBig Action to perform if an value is assigned to a text variable that exceeds its configured max-size, or if a key is used that exceeds its configured max-size: truncate - (default) truncate the text string to the first max-size bytes and proceed. undef - force the assignment or expression evaluation to return an undefined (Undef) result to the policy executing the assignment or expression.

Possible values: undef, truncate Default value: truncate

ifNoValue Action to perform if on a variable reference in an expression if the variable is single-valued and uninitialized or if the variable is a map and there is no value for the specified key: init - (default) initialize the single-value variable, or create a map entry for the key and the initial value, using the -init value or its default. undef - force the expression evaluation to return an undefined (Undef) result to the policy executing the expression.

Possible values: undef, init Default value: init

init Initialization value for this variable, to which a singleton variable or map entry will be set if it is referenced before an assignment action has assigned it a value. If the singleton variable or map entry already has been assigned a value, setting this parameter will have no effect on that variable value. Default: 0 for ulong, NULL for text

expires Value expiration in seconds. If the value is not referenced within the expiration period it will be deleted. 0 (the default) means no expiration. Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 31622400

comment Comments associated with this variable.

Example

set ns variable user_privilege_map -type map(text(15),text(10),10000)

add ns variable

Create a variable for use in assignments and expressions.

Synopsis

add ns variable -type [-scope ( global | transaction )] [-ifFull ( undef | lru )] [-ifValueTooBig ( undef | truncate )] [-ifNoValue ( undef | init )] [-init ] [-expires ] [-comment ]

Arguments

name Variable name. This follows the same syntax rules as other expression entity names: It must begin with an alpha character (A-Z or a-z) or an underscore (_). The rest of the characters must be alpha, numeric (0-9) or underscores. It cannot be re or xp (reserved for regular and XPath expressions). It cannot be an expression reserved word (e.g. SYS or HTTP). It cannot be used for an existing expression object (HTTP callout, patset, dataset, stringmap, or named expression).

type Specification of the variable type; one of the following: ulong - singleton variable with an unsigned 64-bit value. text(value-max-size) - singleton variable with a text string value. map(text(key-max-size),ulong,max-entries) - map of text string keys to unsigned 64-bit values. map(text(key-max-size),text(value-max-size),max-entries) - map of text string keys to text string values. where value-max-size is a positive integer that is the maximum number of bytes in a text string value. key-max-size is a positive integer that is the maximum number of bytes in a text string key. max-entries is a positive integer that is the maximum number of entries in a map variable. For a global singleton text variable, value-max-size <= 64000. For a global map with ulong values, key-max-size <= 64000. For a global map with text values, key-max-size + value-max-size <= 64000. max-entries is a positive integer that is the maximum number of entries in a map variable. This has a theoretical maximum of 2^64-1, but in actual use will be much smaller, considering the memory available for use by the map. Example: map(text(10),text(20),100) specifies a map of text string keys (max size 10 bytes) to text string values (max size 20 bytes), with 100 max entries.

scope Scope of the variable: global - (default) one set of values visible across all Packet Engines on a standalone Citrix ADC, an HA pair, or all nodes of a cluster transaction - one value for each request-response transaction (singleton variables only; no expiration)

Possible values: global, transaction Default value: global

ifFull Action to perform if an assignment to a map exceeds its configured max-entries: lru - (default) reuse the least recently used entry in the map. undef - force the assignment to return an undefined (Undef) result to the policy executing the assignment.

Possible values: undef, lru Default value: lru

ifValueTooBig Action to perform if an value is assigned to a text variable that exceeds its configured max-size, or if a key is used that exceeds its configured max-size: truncate - (default) truncate the text string to the first max-size bytes and proceed. undef - force the assignment or expression evaluation to return an undefined (Undef) result to the policy executing the assignment or expression.

Possible values: undef, truncate Default value: truncate

ifNoValue Action to perform if on a variable reference in an expression if the variable is single-valued and uninitialized or if the variable is a map and there is no value for the specified key: init - (default) initialize the single-value variable, or create a map entry for the key and the initial value, using the -init value or its default. undef - force the expression evaluation to return an undefined (Undef) result to the policy executing the expression.

Possible values: undef, init Default value: init

init Initialization value for this variable, to which a singleton variable or map entry will be set if it is referenced before an assignment action has assigned it a value. If the singleton variable or map entry already has been assigned a value, setting this parameter will have no effect on that variable value. Default: 0 for ulong, NULL for text

expires Value expiration in seconds. If the value is not referenced within the expiration period it will be deleted. 0 (the default) means no expiration. Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 31622400

comment Comments associated with this variable.

Example

add ns variable user_privilege_map -type map(text(15),text(10),10000)

show ns variable

Display configured variables

Synopsis

show ns variable []

Arguments

name Variable name. This follows the same syntax rules as other expression entity names: It must begin with an alpha character (A-Z or a-z) or an underscore (_). The rest of the characters must be alpha, numeric (0-9) or underscores. It cannot be re or xp (reserved for regular and XPath expressions). It cannot be an expression reserved word (e.g. SYS or HTTP). It cannot be used for an existing expression object (HTTP callout, patset, dataset, stringmap, or named expression).

Output

type Specification of the variable type; one of the following: ulong - singleton variable with an unsigned 64-bit value. text(value-max-size) - singleton variable with a text string value. map(text(key-max-size),ulong,max-entries) - map of text string keys to unsigned 64-bit values. map(text(key-max-size),text(value-max-size),max-entries) - map of text string keys to text string values. where value-max-size is a positive integer that is the maximum number of bytes in a text string value. key-max-size is a positive integer that is the maximum number of bytes in a text string key. max-entries is a positive integer that is the maximum number of entries in a map variable. For a global singleton text variable, value-max-size ‘ 64000. For a global map with ulong values, key-max-size ‘ 64000. For a global map with text values, key-max-size + value-max-size ‘ 64000. max-entries is a positive integer that is the maximum number of entries in a map variable. This has a theoretical maximum of 2^64-1, but in actual use will be much smaller, considering the memory available for use by the map. Example: map(text(10),text(20),100) specifies a map of text string keys (max size 10 bytes) to text string values (max size 20 bytes), with 100 max entries.

scope Scope of the variable: global - (default) one set of values visible across all Packet Engines on a standalone Citrix ADC, an HA pair, or all nodes of a cluster transaction - one value for each request-response transaction (singleton variables only; no expiration)

ifFull Action to perform if an assignment to a map exceeds its configured max-entries: lru - (default) reuse the least recently used entry in the map. undef - force the assignment to return an undefined (Undef) result to the policy executing the assignment.

ifValueTooBig Action to perform if an value is assigned to a text variable that exceeds its configured max-size, or if a key is used that exceeds its configured max-size: truncate - (default) truncate the text string to the first max-size bytes and proceed. undef - force the assignment or expression evaluation to return an undefined (Undef) result to the policy executing the assignment or expression.

ifNoValue Action to perform if on a variable reference in an expression if the variable is single-valued and uninitialized or if the variable is a map and there is no value for the specified key: init - (default) initialize the single-value variable, or create a map entry for the key and the initial value, using the -init value or its default. undef - force the expression evaluation to return an undefined (Undef) result to the policy executing the expression.

expires Value expiration in seconds. If the value is not referenced within the expiration period it will be deleted. 0 (the default) means no expiration.

init Initialization value for this variable, to which a singleton variable or map entry will be set if it is referenced before an assignment action has assigned it a value. If the singleton variable or map entry already has been assigned a value, setting this parameter will have no effect on that variable value. Default: 0 for ulong, NULL for text

comment Comments associated with this variable.

builtin Flag to determine if the variable is built-in or not

feature The feature to be checked while applying this config

referenceCount The number of references to the variable in expressions and assignments.

stateflag devno count

unset ns variable

Use this command to remove ns variable settings.Refer to the set ns variable command for meanings of the arguments.

Synopsis

unset ns variable [-ifFull] [-ifValueTooBig] [-ifNoValue] [-init] [-expires] [-comment]

rm ns variable

Remove a variable and its value(s).

Synopsis

rm ns variable

Arguments

name Variable name. This follows the same syntax rules as other expression entity names: It must begin with an alpha character (A-Z or a-z) or an underscore (_). The rest of the characters must be alpha, numeric (0-9) or underscores. It cannot be re or xp (reserved for regular and XPath expressions). It cannot be an expression reserved word (e.g. SYS or HTTP). It cannot be used for an existing expression object (HTTP callout, patset, dataset, stringmap, or named expression).

Example

rm ns variable user_privilege_map

ns-variable