http_x_forwarded_for setting query

So if I understand you have two VIPs one HTTP and one HTTPS. The HTTP VIP should redirect all traffic to HTTPS. Both the HTTP and HTTPS VIPs will need to have a HTTP profile for them to understand the HTTP protocol. Now if the above is true you should not need to add the headers to the HTTP VIP but you should add the headers on the HTTPS VIP. If you add them to the HTTP VIP it should not do anything as when the client makes the request again to the HTTPS VIP the headers will not be there and the LTM will have to add them again to the server.

Now if you have add the header to tell the server that there is a SSL offload device you should not have to rewrite the redirects. At this point the server should be told to send back HTTPS links when it see the HTTPS header.

If I am missing anything please let me know. Thanks