For more information regarding the security incident at F5, the actions we are taking to address it, and our ongoing efforts to protect our customers, click here.

Forum Discussion

Heidi_35827's avatar
Heidi_35827
Icon for Nimbostratus rankNimbostratus
Nov 08, 2011

iRule for HTTP redirect from retired URL to new URL

I'm new to iRules and could use some help. I think I have a pretty basic question but I'm not finding the answer after a few searches in DevCentral.     Here is what I'm trying to do....we ha...
application delivery
dev
devops
iRules
nitass's avatar
nitass
Icon for Employee rankEmployee
Nov 09, 2011
HTTP::redirect returns 302. if it is permanent, using 301 may be better.

What's the difference between 301 redirects and 302 redirects

http://webdesign.about.com/od/http/qt/tip301v302redir.htm 

[root@ve1023:Active] config  b virtual bar list
virtual bar {
   snat automap
   destination 172.28.65.152:https
   ip protocol tcp
   rules myrule
   profiles {
      clientssl {
         clientside
      }
      http {}
      tcp {}
   }
}
[root@ve1023:Active] config  b rule myrule list
rule myrule {
   when HTTP_REQUEST {
        if {[string tolower [HTTP::host]] equals "www.oldsite.com"} {
                HTTP::redirect "https://www.newsite.com[HTTP::uri]"
        }
}
}
[root@ve1023:Active] config  curl -Ik https://www.oldsite.com
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: https://www.newsite.com/
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve1023:Active] config  b rule myrule list
rule myrule {
   when HTTP_REQUEST {
        if {[string tolower [HTTP::host]] equals "www.oldsite.com"} {
                HTTP::respond 301 Location "https://www.newsite.com[HTTP::uri]"
        }
}
}
[root@ve1023:Active] config  curl -Ik https://www.oldsite.com
HTTP/1.0 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://www.newsite.com/
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0