changing URI path

I created a stream profile, giving it a name.

 

a source=citrix/pnagent/config.xml

 

a target =pnagent/config.xml

 

and added it to the VS properties under stream profile.

 

 

In checking with tcpdump though I am still seeing /citrix/pnagent/config.xml ?

 

 

14:05:40.836608 10.2.1.200.1092 > 159.140.175.195.http: P 1:224(223) ack 1 win 4380 (DF)

 

0x0000 4500 0107 5ea2 4000 ff06 c134 0a02 01c8 E...^.@....4....

 

0x0010 9f8c afc3 0444 0050 a287 2039 1d62 4807 .....D.P...9.bH.

 

0x0020 5018 111c e0d5 0000 4745 5420 2f63 6974 P.......GET./cit

 

0x0030 7269 782f 706e 6167 656e 742f 636f 6e66 rix/pnagent/conf

 

0x0040 6967 2e78 6d6c 2048 5454 502f 312e 310d ig.xml.HTTP/1.1.

 

0x0050 0a41 6363 6570 743a 202a 2f2a 0d0a 4163 .Accept:.*/*..Ac

 

0x0060 6365 7074 2d4c 616e 6775 6167 653a 2065 cept-Language:.e

 

0x0070 6e2d n-

Are you doing the trace between the bigip and the client or between the bigip and the server ?

 

 

Otherwise to replace the path you can do the following:

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if { [HTTP::path] equals "/citrix/pnagent/conf.xml" } {

 

HTTP::path "/pnagent/config.xml"

 

}

 

}

 

 

syntax here : Click here

 

 

But Colin is right (as usual i would say :p), won't you need to rewrite the url in the response too ? if that's the case a stream profile is the best method to achieve this

This packet was between the LTM and the the IIS server. The information on Stream profile is pretty thin in the F5_LTM_Guide.

The stream profile/filter only operates against the payload. So if you've added an HTTP profile to the VIP, and want to modify the path in the URI (part of the headers--not the payload), you should use nmenant's example of HTTP::path.

If you need to rewrite the request and/or response payload, I'd suggest adding a blank stream profile to the VIP and an iRule to configure the stream filter. Here is an example of replacing a string in the response content:

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iRules/stream__expression

when HTTP_RESPONSE {
    Disable the stream filter by default
   STREAM::disable
    Check if response type is text
   if {[HTTP::header value Content-Type] contains "text"}{
       Replace IE with Apache, Windows with Linux
      STREAM::expression "@IE@Apache@ @Windows@Linux@"
       Enable the stream filter for this response only
      STREAM::enable
   }
}

You can find more information on the stream profile and related STREAM:: commands on AskF5 and the iRules wiki:

SOL8115: Overview of the Stream profile:

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/8000/100/sol8115.html?sr=636220

iRules STREAM wiki page:

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iRules/stream

Aaron