Assistance requested with HTTPS Response Redirect - VMware Platform Services Controller

I am reviewing iRule "101" docs and similar items posted inn DevCentral.

Assuming the traffic flow is Client -> VIP -> Back-End-Server -> VIP - Client, it seems to me that a simple iRule applied to the HTTPS VIP with a "http" profile assigned to it should do the trick.

Here is what I have now: An iRule applied to the 443 virtual server: when HTTP_RESPONSE { HTTP::header replace Host "psc.company.com" }

Just for the heck of it, I applied this iRule to All VIPs related to this server (PSC).

I started using tools such as ssldump, tcpdump, openssl, wireshark, and cURL.

When cURL was used, I noted this in what I believe to be the HTTP_RESPONSE: So... one goes to https://psc.company.com and one gets back https://back-end-server.company.com/websso. Note that, if the SSL is working, the web browser does show "https" for the URI. I noticed that the information pulled from cURL showed "http" and NOT "https."

In any case, I would have thought the iRule with the replace statement (as per above) would have worked.

What am I missing? (keep in mind, I am new to tracking down anything web/http/https related and to iRules as well)

Thanks!