http redirect using tcp

Reference: https://devcentral.f5.com/community/group/aft/2167033/asg/50

Give this a shot:

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
   switch [TCP::local_port] {
      "80" {
         SSL::disable clientside
         TCP::respond "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nConnection: Close\r\n\r\nWhere I want you to end up"
         TCP::close
      }
      "443" {
         return
      }
      default {
         reject
      }
   }
}
when CLIENTSSL_HANDSHAKE {
   SSL::collect
}
when CLIENTSSL_DATA {
   SSL::respond "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nConnection: Close\r\n\r\nWhere I want you to end up"
   TCP::close
}

I tested this with a wildcard port VIP (IP:0) on 11.3 with an assigned client SSL profile. I had to have a pool assigned for the SSL::respond to work, though I can't remember why.

So curiously, you'd rather do a meta refresh than just send a 302?