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Gerald_Meese's avatar
Gerald_Meese
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Jan 11, 2018

iRule - Combine HTTP::redirect and Basic Auth in HTTP header

Hello,

I'm trying to adapt an iRule that would combine the redirect to a specific URI on the backend server, while sending Basic Authentication in an HTTP header to that backend server :

when HTTP_REQUEST {
   set logindata [b64encode "username:password"]   
   HTTP::redirect "/internalURI"
   HTTP::header replace Authorization "Basic $logindata"
}

Both commands work well separately, and I believe I understand where the problem is (the redirect sends a new path to the client while the HTTP header is added into the traffic to the backend) but I can't figure out how to get this to work.

Thanks in advance for your help !

Kind regards,

Gerald

application delivery
iRules
LTM
security
  • Stanislas_Piro2's avatar
    Stanislas_Piro2
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    Jan 11, 2018

    You can try this code:

     

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if {[HTTP::uri] starts_with  "/internalURI"} {
        set logindata [b64encode "username:password"]   
        HTTP::header replace Authorization "Basic $logindata"
    } else {
        HTTP::redirect "/internalURI"
    }
}