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SSHSSH_97332
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Oct 16, 2012

HTTP Redirection from Web Server breaks SSL Termination

I have VS on port 443 , it has SSL profile to do SSL termination & forward to pool ( on port 80 ) .   so communication between user & F5 is HTTPS , between F5 & Web Server is HTTP .   most UR...
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hoolio
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Oct 16, 2012

As WLB said, the first two options are the simplest from an LTM perspective.

 

 

Here's an example for rewriting the response headers and payload as listed in 3):

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.HTTPS-offload-rewriting.ashx

 

 

Option 4) won't work well if the app requests the client make a POST request via HTTP on port 80. Any of the first three options should work well though.

 

 

Aaron