F5 TO LOAD BALANCE TWO DIFFRENT URL'S RUNNING ON THE SAME PORT (URGENT)

Hi Kazeem,

you can host multiple ports (e.g. HTTP:80/HTTPS:443) on a single virtual server. But it will increase the complexity to a great extent (e.g. enabling/disabling SSL and conditinal redirecting if the request was send to TCP:80/TCP:443).

You may take a look to the iRules below to see the differences if you use a single combined Virtual Server in contrast to using two dedicated Virtual Servers.

iRule: Combined HTTP/HTTPS Virtual

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {

     Handle to check the used port

    if { [TCP::local_port] == 80 } then {

         Handle for HTTP:80 requests (disable SSL profile)

        SSL::disable clientside
        set is_http 1

    } else {

         Handle for HTTPS:443 requests (enable SSL profile )

        SSL::enable clientside
        set is_http 0

    }
}
when HTTP_REQUEST {

     Handle to apply different rulsets based on the Virtual Portnumber

    if { $is_http } then {

         Handle for SSL:443 requests

        if { [HTTP::host] equals "smartit.networkershome.com" } then {

             Handle for request to http://smartit.networkershome.com

            HTTP::redirect "https://smartit.networkershome.com/ux/smart-it"

        } else {

             Handle for request to different HOSTNAMES

        }

    } else {

         Handle for SSL:443 requests

        if { [HTTP::host] equals "smartit.networkershome.com" } then {

             Handle for request to https://smartit.networkershome.com

            if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/" } then {

                 Handle for request to https://smartit.networkershome.com/

                HTTP::redirect "/ux/smart-it"

            } else {

                 Handle for request to https://smartit.networkershome.com/*

            }

        } else {

             Handle for request to different HOSTNAMES

        }

    }

}

A much easier approach would be to use dedicated Virtual Server for HTTP:80 and HTTP:443 access. In this case each virtual server will have fixed and appropiate SSL settings and have a tailordered iRule / LTM in place to supports the scenario.

iRule: Dedicated HTTP Virtual

when HTTP_REQUEST {

    if { [HTTP::host] equals "smartit.networkershome.com" } then {

         Handle for request to http://smartit.networkershome.com

        HTTP::redirect "https://smartit.networkershome.com/ux/smart-it"

    } else {

         Handle for request to different HOSTNAMES

    }
}

iRule: Dedicated HTTPS Virtual

when HTTP_REQUEST {

    if { [HTTP::host] equals "smartit.networkershome.com" } then {

         Handle for request to https://smartit.networkershome.com

        if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/" } then {

             Handle for request to https://smartit.networkershome.com/

            HTTP::redirect "/ux/smart-it"

        } else {

             Handle for request to https://smartit.networkershome.com/*

        }

    } else {

         Handle for request to different HOSTNAMES

    }
}

Cheers, Kai