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Fernando_M
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Jun 23, 2023

How to create F5 home page with redirection URLs

Hello F5 community, I'm wondering if we can create/implement or host an home web page with F5 Big-IP load balancer, the idea is to have a home page that it will be accessible via: https://www.homepa...
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Mohamed_Ahmed_Kansoh
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Jun 23, 2023

Hi Fernando_M , 
I have written this  irule for you , it as follow : 

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {
   HTTP::respond 200 content {
      <html>
         <head>
         </head>
         <title>https://www.homepage.local</title>
         <body>
           <h1>Click one of below Links and enjoy</h1>
         </body>
         
         <body>
         <p>
           <a href="https://www.solution01.local">Solution 01</a>
           
           This is for https://www.solution01.local
         </p>
         </body>
         <head>
         
         </head>
         <body>
         <p>
           <a href="https://www.solution02.local">Solution 02</a>
            This is for https://www.solution02.local
         </p>
         </body>
         
      </html>
   }
}

 

 

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Create the below >> 
1) Two separate Virtual servers for Solution 1 and Solution 2 and attach the required pools as you mentioned in your inquiry. 
2) the irule will embed these urls in the web page and will be depend on your choice ( Solution 01 or Solution 02 ) 
3) Create The main Virtual server for this url   https://www.homepage.local and map it to main virtual server IP. 
you will need only to add assign http profile / Client ssl if there is ssl and attach the above irule to it without pools or anything else. 
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you should see the below web page after when enter https://www.homepage.local 


According to my code : Solution 01 >>> includes embeded https://www.solution01.local & Solution 02 >>> includes embeded https://www.solution02.local 

you can Customize according your environment. 

Finally this is should be your traffic Flow : 



I tested each step and it worked with me. 
Some hints : 
>> Don't forget to make sure that https://www.solution01.local  Resolves to Solution01_VS IP &  https://www.solution02.local  Resolves to Solution02_VS IP. 

>> you can Customize your ( Solution01_VS & Solution02_VS ) to single virtual server , but you will need to create another iRule to select proper pool depending on the " Hostname " that comes in the request. 

Please Test it and let me know how it works with you 🙂