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NimbostratusInvisible URL rewrite - external url to internal url
CirrusI feel like the best way to do this would just be with a DNS CNAME entry pointing newsite.com to Canonical Name internal.domain.newsite.local
This way the client would only see newsite.com in the URL bar but they would be going to what DNS has for internal.domain.newsite.local instead.
tcp-diddyThanks Dan,
That's a good idea, but I don't think that is what I am looking for. I don't think I made clear what I am trying to do in my original post. Sorry about that!
It seems the customer development team has configured the site binding on the internal node to be the internal URL and not the public URL, so we are looking to have the F5 rewrite the request in transit so when the traffic reaches the end node, it matches to the correct site binding. Then when return traffic goes out, the client does not notice any difference. This would be using SSL and there is no public SSL certificate for the internal domain either, or DNS resolution, which is why we'd want this to be an invisible rewrite.
I have looked at doing this with rewrite services in the F5 but as this is a non standard setup I am a bit lost on my new configuration.
Thank you
- DanS92
Hmmm... ya that’s a bit more difficult than a CNAME lol that is beyond my level of expertise I think. Would replacing the http header host accomplish what you’re looking for? This is pretty easy to configure with a Local Traffic Policy.
- tcp-diddy
For sure, that is what I am trying now. If I find something that works, i'll post it here.
Thank you
