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tobs_93015
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Feb 19, 2009

Hide/Mask URL using iRule

Hi,     I would like to mask my home page URL path via an iRule condition because currently when a user navigate to my domain (http://www.mysite.com), it is redirected to an MCMS server ba...
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tobs_93015
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Feb 23, 2009
Hi andrewO

 

 

Thanks for your reply, you said that the rule you stated will check if the URL entered starts at "/" it will silently rewrite it to "/home/default.html", what do you mean by "silently rewrite it to /home/default.html"?

 

 

Will the address bar show only my domain (http://www.mysite.com)? Kindly confirm, thanks!
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    Tosin_Omojola
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    Jan 13, 2017

    If I may clarify what AndrewO meant in his reply, he means that the irule would check if the uri IS ( not that it starts with). An irule that checks if the uri STARTS WITH, looks like below:

    when HTTP_REQUEST { 
   if [HTTP::uri starts_with "/"] { 
     HTTP::uri "/home/default.htm" 
   } 
 }

    but AndrewO actually meant == or eq ( both of which means equal to ).

    Now, by "silently rewrites" it means the uri "/" would be replaced with "/home/default.htm" and, yes, that is what your browser will display in its address bar, that is, (http://www.mysite.com/home/default.htm)

    Cheers