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ngray_141868
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Jan 22, 2014

iRule for redirect from URL to URI

I'm extremely new to iRules (2nd day) and am asking for help. I am having difficulty getting an iRule to take a url and redirect (or append) that same url with a "/abc"

 

Here is my current rule:

 

when HTTP_REQUEST { if {([string tolower [HTTP::host]] equals "http://host.123.com")}{ HTTP::header replace Host "http://host.123.com/abc" } }

 

Pretty straightforward, right? I thought so, but what happens is when I go to "http://host.123.com" and want it to send me to "http://host.123.com/abc," it does nothing and simply keeps me at "http://host.123.com"

 

Any direction here is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time

 

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  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Jan 22, 2014

    e.g.

     config

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm virtual bar
ltm virtual bar {
    destination 172.28.24.10:80
    ip-protocol tcp
    mask 255.255.255.255
    pool foo
    profiles {
        http { }
        tcp { }
    }
    rules {
        qux
    }
    source 0.0.0.0/0
    source-address-translation {
        type automap
    }
    vs-index 3
}
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm pool foo
ltm pool foo {
    members {
        200.200.200.101:80 {
            address 200.200.200.101
        }
    }
}
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule qux
ltm rule qux {
    when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [HTTP::host] eq "host.123.com" and [HTTP::uri] eq "/" } {
    HTTP::uri "/abc"
  }
}
}

 trace

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  ssldump -Aed -nni 0.0 port 80
New TCP connection 1: 172.28.24.1(35953) <-> 172.28.24.10(80)
1390404386.7216 (0.0020)  C>S
---------------------------------------------------------------
GET / HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.15.5 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.15.5 OpenSSL/0.9.8b zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.6.5
Accept: */*
Host: host.123.com

---------------------------------------------------------------

New TCP connection 2: 200.200.200.14(35953) <-> 200.200.200.101(80)
1390404386.7286 (0.0045)  C>S
---------------------------------------------------------------
GET /abc HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.15.5 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.15.5 OpenSSL/0.9.8b zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.6.5
Accept: */*
Host: host.123.com

---------------------------------------------------------------
  • ngray_141868's avatar
    ngray_141868
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    Jan 22, 2014

    Hi Nitass,

     

    Thank you for the quick reply. I was able to make it work using another answer to another question you had posted.

     

    Your answer, when HTTP_REQUEST { if { [HTTP::host] eq "host.123.com" and [HTTP::uri] eq "/" } { HTTP::uri "/abc" } } was very close to what I needed to achieve. To note what I am using (and it is working): when HTTP_REQUEST { if { [HTTP::uri] eq "/" } { HTTP::redirect "http://host.123.com/swbc" } }

     

    Thanks againg for you help.