Big-ip in the middle fo SSL

Are you specifically talking about decrypting the SSL on the BIG-IP and then re-encrypting to the back end node? If so, that's just a configuration - assign client and server SSL profiles to the virtual server.

Kevin, Thank you so much for the reply. you are correct and I have had that turned on and off for the better part of today but just now realized it is not the F5 complaining it is the server. I have been fighting this all day and see I am not appending the URI to the different URL's. I am assuming this is rather easy but I am very new and attempting to learn fast. do you have a hint?

Okay, so is it safe to say that decryption and re-encryption is working, and that the server is now just complaining about a URI?

If so, do you need to just append the URI to the request if it doesn't exist:

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/" }
        HTTP::uri "/uri1"
    }
}

or actually redirect the user to the new URI:

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/" } {
        HTTP::redirect "https://[HTTP::host]/uri1"
    }
}

The first will transparently replace the URI on its way to the server using HTTP::uri, and the second will physical redirect the user to a new URL using HTTP::redirect.

I'm not quite sure I understand yet where uri1 and uri2 fit into all of this.

it is the append function and it works great with the exception of it keeps the :4443 on the response. It appears I can do a regsub on the http response, but is that the best way?

I found the http_response code to rewrite the port... thanks for all of your help. It is very much appreciated.