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Abdul_Ghani_Eli
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusHttps redirection
Hi
Can someone advise me on an issue i have regarding about Https redirection. Currently i'm using the below iRules to do it
}
rule http_redirect {
when HTTP_REQUEST {
...
Nathan_McKay_67Nimbostratus
NimbostratusOne thing to keep in mind is that your iRule will only redirect as long as the user agent (browser) supplies a HTTP host header. If not, the LTM will not return a valid redirect - the link will be more along the lines of "http:///[URI]". This probably isn't going to be a big deal most of the time, but it pays to be thorough. Here's what I did:
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [ string length [ HTTP::host ] ] > 0 } {
HTTP::redirect "https://[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"
} else {
HTTP::redirect "https://[IP::local_addr][HTTP::uri]"
}
}
So if the HTTP host header is not supplied, we at least redirect them to the IP of the virtual server to which they are currently connected. There may be better ways to do this, but this has been working great for me.
Thanks,
Nathan
