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Glen_Willms
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NimbostratusIBM WebSphere 7.0 Redirection Issue
I'm having an issue with IBM WebSphere 7.0 w/IBM HTTP Server and a post redirection after during the signon process. The secure signon page displays and when I enter credentials and hit submit I get redirected to the HTTP virtual server.
I'm using the F5 as SSL offload device and I do not have SSL enabled on the WebSphere server. If I manually modify the URL after redirection everything works fine over SSL.
I know that Oracle WebLogic has a HTTP header that be can provided to disable the redirect functionality. Is there something similar in WebSphere?
Is this problem be solved with an iRule? I tried using the Rewrite Redirection option set to all and that didn't make a difference.
Primitive map:
Client ---- HTTPS ----- F5 ---- HTTP ---- WebSphere
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Glen_WillmsI resolved my issue. I followed the instructions on this page: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21221253
Navigate to Servers --> Application Servers --> AppName01 --> Web Container --> Custom Properties.
-- Click "New". For the Name field, enter "httpsIndicatorHeader". The value field should be the name of the customer HTTP header variable inserted by the SSL accelerator/proxy/load balancer. WebSphere Application Server does not look at the actual value of the header variable.
-- Save the changes and restart the server.
In addition to the new custom property I also had to add a virtual host for :433
I'm not sure if the field name for the custom property is case sensitive, but IBM mixes case frequently in their documentation. The lowercase 'H' works for me.
