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steven_normole's avatar
Aug 24, 2025

Bypass certificate prompt if URI contains a specific word

The customer has requested that when traffic arriving with a specific word in the URI then need to disable the  prompt for a certificate.

https://www.example.com <--Prompt for certificate

https://www.example.com/api <--Do not prompt for a certificate.

I looked at comments about iRules, but I think APM will work better.  I am not that well versed on APM, except for some basic configurations that I have found through F5/Dev Central.

any suggestions or pointers are appreciated.

4 Replies

  • I agree the iRule would handle it and i appreciate.  I am looking for guidance to construct an APM to handle this request.  I am not experience in creating complicated APM.  If there is any links or good articles to help me I would greatly apprecaite it.

  • I doubt you will find an article describing your exact case.

    As I said you need to use a Per Request Policy with Url Branching and On Demand Cert Auth
    Keep in mind that a Per session policy is mandatory in order to use a per request one. But this per session policy could just be empty with a default accept ending.

    You also need to have a Client SSL profile where you will define your trusted CA and set Client Certificate to ignore.

    To help you more you per request policy could look like this

    while per session could be as simple as this

     

  • Hello steven_normole​

    Thank you for posting to our community. I see that Injeyan_Kostas​ has given you some guidance and documents to assist you with your questions. I wanted to see if these have provided the answer you are looking for? If so I would like to encourage you to mark the solution. This will allow for you and other members who may have this question in the future. 

    -Melissa