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William_Rodgers
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NimbostratusHTTP redirect
My system is running fine in production, but I need to do some parallel "testing" with the production system. During one of my transactions, I get a redirect to my browswer that sends me to https://w...
Unfortunately, the protocol (HTTP,HTTPS,etc) are not part of the HTTP spec. The only thing you have to go by is the local port (TCP::local_port).
The easiest way is to separate HTTP and HTTPS into two virtuals with the same IP and different ports (80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS). This way, you can assign iRules specific for HTTP and for HTTP to their respective virtuals. Also, keep in mind that if you need to inspect HTTPS content, you will need a clientssl profile for REQUESTs and/or serversll profile for RESPONSEs.
-Joe
