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Cirrus

Mar 11, 2015

https matching

Hi,

I have an issue where we are re-directing http > https and adding some extra lines to a URI on the port re-direct.

When we target the Virtual server directly on HTTPS the re-direct is missed, and we just see the Admin page.. so ther serverside is not capible of the re-direct without the extended URI.

I need a solution in the HTTPS virtual server to match the Hostnames and ensure that they have the extra URI string to hit the web server directly.

so https://mysite.com/something/something

thanks

19 Replies

nitass

Employee

Mar 11, 2015

i think you do not need /something/something/* pattern because it will match default pattern anyway.

when HTTP_REQUEST { 
  switch -- [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] { 
    "/" { 
      HTTP::redirect "https://[getfield [HTTP::host] ":" 1]/something/something"
      return 
    } 
    default { 
      pool mysite-pool
    } 
  } 
}

adrian_171483
Cirrus
Mar 11, 2015
Just a quick one.

if I use this, when I come in with something/something already in the URI I presume it wont match and ignore the Irule

when HTTP_REQUEST { if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/" } { HTTP::redirect "https://[HTTP::host]/something" } }
- nitass
  Employee
  Mar 11, 2015
  yes, it doesn't match if expression (because uri is not equal to /) and, of course, body (HTTP::redirect) won't be executed.
adrian_171483
Cirrus
Mar 11, 2015
I put this irule into the https virtual server but it has no impact whatsoever..
- nitass
  Employee
  Mar 11, 2015
  can you do some debugging? https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/getting-started-with-irules-logging-comments-20406

Max_Q_factor

Cirrocumulus

Mar 11, 2015

I would use this as an irule for a https server:

when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] equals "/" } {
    HTTP::redirect https://[getfield [HTTP::host] ":" 1]/something/something
    }

adrian_171483
Cirrus
Mar 18, 2015
ok so its working for some browers not for Mozilla ??

really dont know why.. its very strange.. any ideas why Firefox would ignore the rule..??

when HTTP_REQUEST { if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/" } { HTTP::redirect "https://[HTTP::host]/something/something" } }