HTTP Re-Direct and keep original URL in address bar

Hi Aaron,

The re-direct I rule I have set up is as follows

Un-comment the following lines if the site uses SSL 
  
 when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { 
             TCP::collect 5 
         }                
  
 when CLIENT_DATA { 
         if { [matchclass [TCP::payload] starts_with $::http_methods] } { 
             SSL::disable 
         } 
 } 
 when HTTP_REQUEST { 
         if { [TCP::local_port] eq "80"  } { 
             persist source_addr 1800 
             HTTP::fallback http://support.abc.com/ 
  Un-comment the next 3 lines for redirects and expand out with elseif's if needed  
     if { [HTTP::host] == "www.abc1.com" } { 
                 HTTP::redirect "http://url1.com" 
 } 
             elseif { [HTTP::host] == "www.abc2.com" } { 
                 HTTP::redirect "http://host2.com" 
 } 
             elseif { [HTTP::host] == "www.domain3.com" } { 
                 HTTP::redirect "http://www.url4.com" 
  } else { 
             pool Web_Farm_Front  
  Un-comment the net line if using redirects             
            } 
         }   elseif { [TCP::local_port] eq "443"  } { 
             HTTP::header insert "BPL-SSL" "On" 
             pool Web_Farm_Front 
         } else { 
         set srvr [findclass [TCP::local_port] $::Individual_Servers " "] 
         if { $srvr ne "" } { 
            node $srvr 80 
         }  else { 
       } 
    }   
 } 
 }

So do I need to set up a separate pool to use for the header re-write rule?

Thanks

Pav

Hi Pav,

 

 

If all of the servers in the single pool answer for both host names you don't need separate pools.

 

 

Aaron

HI Aaron yep thats right although the rule doesnt appear to be working as im getting the invalid hostname error.

 

 

Do you have any other ideas or rules I could use?

 

 

Thanks again for all your help.

Hi Pav,

 

 

I'd still suggest looking at these questions to figure out what you need to do on LTM to get this to work:

 

 

Do all servers in the pool have the same host header set in the web server virtual host definition? Is that what you've put in the iRule in replacement of www.abc.com?

 

 

Put another way, if you make a request directly to the pool members, what host name(s) do you have to use to get a valid response from the server?

 

 

Aaron