F5 Lite Maintenance Page iRule works on Virtual Servers except when the Virtual Server is Listening on 443 (HTTPS)

when HTTP_REQUEST {

  sets the timer to return client to host URL 
 set stime 10 

  Use the Host header value for the responses if it's set.  If not, use the VIP address. 
 if {[string length [HTTP::host]]}{ 
 set host [HTTP::host] 
 } else { 
 set host [IP::local_addr] 
 } 

  Check if the URI is /maintenance 
 switch [HTTP::uri] { 
 "/maintenance" { 

  Send an HTTP 200 response with a Javascript meta-refresh pointing to the host using a refresh time 
 HTTP::respond 200 content \ 

"Maintenance page \

We are sorry! This page is currently under maintenance and should be available as soon as our work is complete. Sorry for any inconvenience.

" "Content-Type" "text/html"

return } } If the pool is down, redirect to the maintenance page if { [active_members ] < 1 } { HTTP::redirect "http://$host/maintenance" return } }