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robson_78577
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May 23, 2013

HTTP to HTTPs on High Ports

Hi all,   I have a client environment who needs to connect with webservers, using HTTP. Hovewer, the servers only supports HTTPS.   So, I configured a Virtual Server to receive these requests, ...
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Kevin_Stewart
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May 24, 2013
An iRule-based stream profile will definitely get rid of the port, which would show up in the Host header. The first thing you have to find out though is WHY it's failing. Here are some thoughts and possible troubleshooting steps.

 

 

1. It should already be set, but make sure port translation is enabled on the virtual server. From there run a TCPDUMP from the F5's command shell and watch traffic between the F5 and the server. You should see the 443 traffic, which I assume ends with a reset from the server AFTER the handshake.

 

 

2. Observe the server logs for anything anomalous.

 

 

3. Run an SSLDUMP between the F5 and the server. This will allow y