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JN's avatar
JN
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Jul 20, 2015

HTTPS to HTTP irule - yes it's backwards

Trying to create a HTTPS to HTTP redirect irule to force incoming S connections to use the http vip. I just tried to copy the built-in HTTPS>HTTP irule, but it did not like that. Any suggestions? ...
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Arie
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Jul 21, 2015

What's the rationale for redirecting from HTTPS to HTTP? If it's merely to satisfy a back-end requirement you might be able to host the instance by terminating HTTPS on the BIG-IP:

client <----HTTPS----> big-ip <----HTTP----> origin web servers