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Kevin_Davies_40
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Aug 19, 2011

HTTPS VIP for HTTP Website

Given there are many ways to skin a cat. If you were setting up a https VIP for a http webserver how would you do it? Currently it seems you have to add a stream profile with an iRule to rewrite http ...
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Hamish
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Aug 24, 2011
Posted By Kevin on 08/23/2011 04:44 PM

 

I suppose the underlying question here is,

 

 

Don't people often offload SSL to their F5 because it has dedicated hardware processing? If that assumption is true then why am I writing an iRule to perform what seems to be an obvious requirement of mapping HTTPS to a HTTP website. You would think given the commonality of this requirement it would be a built-in feature.

 

 

Kevin

 

Because often there is a requirement for BOTH http and https instances... And the https site MAY need to refer to the HTTP site (In fact many do).

 

 

If it was automatic, that wouldn't work any more... Although admittedly if it were just an automated way of adding in an optional stream processing config that would work too...