Based on URI path redirect to different port

Hi,

 

I'm kinda new to F5 and the LTM module so I'm trying to wrap my head around iRules and policies. I've got a task I can't seem to solve however easy it might be. I tried searching the existing topics but without luck.

 

A webserver with two nodes is listening on port 80 and 443. When http is accessed the F5 should redirect the connection to https. I can do this with the inbuilt irule.

 

The pools behind the HTTPS virtual server are listening on 8443 so the connection is like this: https:// xy.com/ goes to POOL_SOMETHING:8443.

 

And here comes the twist. When the URL contains this path: /auth then instead of 8443 the connection should be redirected to 9443. Like this: https:// xy.com/auth goes to POOL_SOMETHING:9443

 

What I thought would be a good solution is to create two pools. POOL_SOMETHING:8443 and POOL_SOMETHING:9443. Then, I would create an LTM policy where the following conditions would be enabled:

 

HTTP URI path is any of /auth THEN Forward traffic to pool POOL_SOMETHING:9443

 

Is this a reasonable solution?

 

If not, can you please suggest something?

 

Thanks in advance!