ADC CLI Commands

responder-policy

The following operations can be performed on “responder-policy”:

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stat responder policy

Displays statistics for all responder policies currently configured on the Citrix ADC, or detailed statistics for the specified policy.

Synopsis

stat responder policy [] [-detail] [-fullValues] [-ntimes ] [-logFile ] [-clearstats ( basic | full )]

Arguments

name Name of the responder policy for which to show detailed statistics.

detail Specifies detailed output (including more statistics). The output can be quite voluminous. Without this argument, the output will show only a summary.

fullValues Specifies that numbers and strings should be displayed in their full form. Without this option, long strings are shortened and large numbers are abbreviated

ntimes The number of times, in intervals of seven seconds, the statistics should be displayed. Default value: 1 Minimum value: 0

logFile The name of the log file to be used as input.

clearstats Clear the statsistics / counters

Possible values: basic, full

Output

count devno stateflag

Counters

Policy hits (Hits) Number of hits on the policy

Policy undef hits (Undefhits) Number of undef hits on the policy

show responder policy

Displays the current settings for the specified responder policy. If no policy name is specified, displays a list of all responder policies currently configured on the Citrix ADC, with abbreviated settings.

Synopsis

show responder policy [] show responder policy stats - alias for 'stat responder policy'

Arguments

name Name of the responder policy for which to display settings.

Output

stateflag rule Rule of the policy.

action Responder action associated with the policy.

undefAction UNDEF action associated with the policy.

hits Number of hits.

undefHits Number of policy UNDEF hits.

activePolicy Indicates whether policy is bound or not.

boundTo Location where policy is bound

priority Specifies the priority of the policy.

gotoPriorityExpression Expression specifying the priority of the next policy which will get evaluated if the current policy rule evaluates to TRUE.

labelType Type of policy label invocation.

labelName Name of the label to invoke if the current policy rule evaluates to TRUE.

comment Any type of information about this responder policy.

logAction Name of the messagelog action to use for requests that match this policy.

bindPolicyType vserverType appflowAction AppFlow action to invoke for requests that match this policy.

builtin Flag to determine if responder policy is built-in or not

feature The feature to be checked while applying this config

type devno count

Example

show responder policy

set responder policy

Modifies the rule or action portion of the specified responder policy.

Synopsis

set responder policy [-rule ] [-action ] [-undefAction ] [-comment ] [-logAction ] [-appflowAction ]

Arguments

name Name of the responder policy.

rule Expression that the policy uses to determine whether to respond to the specified request.

action Name of the responder action to perform if the request matches this responder policy. There are also some built-in actions which can be used. These are:

  • NOOP - Send the request to the protected server instead of responding to it.
  • RESET - Reset the client connection by closing it. The client program, such as a browser, will handle this and may inform the user. The client may then resend the request if desired.
  • DROP - Drop the request without sending a response to the user.

undefAction Action to perform if the result of policy evaluation is undefined (UNDEF). An UNDEF event indicates an internal error condition. Only the above built-in actions can be used.

comment Any type of information about this responder policy.

logAction Name of the messagelog action to use for requests that match this policy.

appflowAction AppFlow action to invoke for requests that match this policy.

Example

set responder policy pol9 -rule “HTTP.REQ.HEADER(\“header\”).CONTAINS(\“qh2\”)”

add responder policy

Creates a responder policy, which specifies requests that the Citrix ADC intercepts and responds to directly instead of forwarding them to a protected server.

Synopsis

add responder policy [] [-comment ] [-logAction ] [-appflowAction ]

Arguments

name Name for the responder policy. Must begin with a letter, number, or the underscore character (_), and must contain only letters, numbers, and the hyphen (-), period (.) pound (#), space ( ), at (@), equals (=), colon (:), and underscore characters. Can be changed after the responder policy is added.

The following requirement applies only to the Citrix ADC CLI: If the name includes one or more spaces, enclose the name in double or single quotation marks (for example, “my responder policy” or ‘my responder policy’).

rule Expression that the policy uses to determine whether to respond to the specified request.

action Name of the responder action to perform if the request matches this responder policy. There are also some built-in actions which can be used. These are:

  • NOOP - Send the request to the protected server instead of responding to it.
  • RESET - Reset the client connection by closing it. The client program, such as a browser, will handle this and may inform the user. The client may then resend the request if desired.
  • DROP - Drop the request without sending a response to the user.

undefAction Action to perform if the result of policy evaluation is undefined (UNDEF). An UNDEF event indicates an internal error condition. Only the above built-in actions can be used.

comment Any type of information about this responder policy.

logAction Name of the messagelog action to use for requests that match this policy.

appflowAction AppFlow action to invoke for requests that match this policy.

Example

i) add responder policy pol9 “HTTP.REQ.HEADER(\“header\”).CONTAINS(\“qh3\”)” act_respondwith

unset responder policy

Removes the settings of an existing responder policy. Attributes for which a default value is available revert to their default values. See the set responder policy command for descriptions of the parameters..Refer to the set responder policy command for meanings of the arguments.

Synopsis

unset responder policy [-undefAction] [-comment] [-logAction] [-appflowAction]

Example

unset responder policy respol9 -undefAction

rename responder policy

Renames the specified responder policy.

Synopsis

rename responder policy @ @

Arguments

name Existing name of the responder policy.

newName New name for the responder policy. Must begin with a letter, number, or the underscore character (_), and must contain only letters, numbers, and the hyphen (-), period (.) hash (#), space ( ), at (@), equals (=), colon (:), and underscore characters.

The following requirement applies only to the Citrix ADC CLI: If the name includes one or more spaces, enclose the name in double or single quotation marks (for example, “my responder policy” or ‘my responder policy’).

Example

rename responder policy oldname newname

rm responder policy

Removes the specified responder policy.

Synopsis

rm responder policy

Arguments

name Name of the responder policy to remove.

Example

rm responder policy pol9

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