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sb_2323_80570's avatar
sb_2323_80570
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May 10, 2014

HTTPS Response variable

Hi, I want to set some responses in order that I can set HTTPS via HHTP stream, Could anyone comment if the below syntax is correct for setting HTTPS variables for responses ? set xxx_response_...
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Kevin_Stewart's avatar
Kevin_Stewart
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May 10, 2014

You're probably better off with a STREAM profile and iRule:

when HTTP_REQUEST {    
    STREAM::disable        
    HTTP::header remove Accept-Encoding        
}    
when HTTP_RESPONSE {    
    if { [HTTP::header Content-Type] contains "text" } {
        STREAM::expression {@http://@https://@}
        STREAM::enable            
    }        
}

So instead of maintaining two VIPs (one HTTP and one HTTPS) and redirecting every HTTP request to the HTTPS VIP, a STREAM iRule will simply replace all references to http:// URLs in the response HTML payload.