Systems and methods for HTTP callouts for policies

摘要

A method of identifying an action of a policy in association with communications between a client and one or more servers includes determining, by an intermediary, a policy action based on using a callout based policy. In one aspect, an intermediary receives communications between a client and one or more servers. The intermediary identifies a policy for the communications, the policy specifying a request and a server to communicate the request. Responsive to the policy, the intermediary transmits the request to the server. Based on the server response to the request, the intermediary determines an action of the policy. In another aspect, a system for the present method includes a an intermediary and a policy engine for identifying a policy to specify a request and a destination server. Responsive to a server response to the request, the intermediary determines an action of the policy.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
a) identifying, by a first device intermediary to a client and one or more servers, a policy specifying i) content of a request to be generated by the first device, ii) identification of a second device to which to communicate the request, and iii) one or more actions to be taken by the first device responsive to evaluating a response to the request; b) generating, by the first device responsive to the policy, the request with the content specified by the policy; c) transmitting, by the first device, the request specified by the policy via a network to the second device identified by the policy; and d) determining, by the first device, an action of the policy to take by the first device responsive to an evaluation of the second device's response to the request.