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AndreiPatergin_'s avatar
AndreiPatergin_
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Oct 18, 2017

HTTPS to HTTPS:9443 redirect

Hi, I'm trying to redirect https://xyz.com to https://xyz.com:9443 but for some reason I'm getting an error (too many redirect clear your cookies). In order for this redirect to happen I know that tr...
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Oct 20, 2017

Once the HTTPS session is built, there won't be any possibility of seeing the traffic unless it gets decrypted. Then the redirection should be pointed at port 443 on the HTTP VIP. So it appears, you will have to create three VIPs in the following fashion.

 

VIP:80 ; VIP:443 ; VIP:9443 ;

 

Traffic would hit on 443, get decrypted on 80 and then again get encrypted for 9443. Please let me know how it goes.

 

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Kevin_Davies_33
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Oct 20, 2017

Amy this is not correct. The traffic on the 443 virtual server is decrypted with the cert as shown by client SSL.