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NimbostratusiRule for Reverse Proxy on the F5.
Experts, To being with I am essentially using my F5 box as a reverse proxy. I have an external facing domain, "nik.test.com".
When the client hits this domain this lands on a VIP configured on the F5 box(DMZ Network). Now this VIP has a iRule written which redirects the http request to "nik-int.bmc.com". This "nik-int.bmc.com" is on the internal network.
The iRule is working but it converts the URL from "nik.test.com" to "nik-int.bmc.com". "nik-int.bmc.com" is not resolvable externally and that causes an issue. What I need is that "nik.test.com" only fetches data from "nik-int.bmc.com" and does not convert the URL.
Here is the sample of the iRule:
when HTTP_REQUEST { HTTP::redirect "http://nik-int.test.com/media/[HTTP::uri]" }
Regards, Nikhil Kulkarni.
3 Replies
LyonsG_85618Cirrostratus
Instead of redirect you need to replace the host:
HTTP::header replace Host "nik-int.test.com"
IheartF5_45022Nacreous
I think you mean; when HTTP_REQUEST { HTTP::header replace Host "nik-int.bmc.com" }- LyonsG_85618yes - i guess i should have qulified it but thought 'instead of redirect' would have made sense...
