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riadsanchz1970
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Apr 24, 2024

iRule help masking IBM host URL/URI

I have a customer who has a contract with IBM that is requiring that we hide the internal URL/URI paths.

When users go to the following URL/URI: 

cpd-cp4ba-uat.apps.cp4bauat1.companya.com/icn/navigator/?desktop=psecm the same host redirects them to the login URL/URI page:  cp-console-cp4ba-uat.apps.cp4bauat1.companya.com/oidc/login.jsp. HTTP 302, 301 and 200 occur are viewed when I run HTTP watch.

What the contract is requiring is that clients should use a much simpler URL: https://psecm-uat1.companya.com while masking the two lengthy paths previously displayed.

We created the vs_psecm-uat1.companya.com and the server pool, which contains the IP for host cp4bauat1.companya.com. All URLs are HTTPS, therefore, I have already created the HTTP Profile and SSL profile. 

In the past I was able to mask the destination with HTTP::header replace...etc.. In this situation it is not working with the replace. I am not sure if I should create an iRule to redirect(client side) and a rewrite for masking the HTTP Response header. ???? Help is greatly appreciated.

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  • Mayur_Sutare's avatar
    Mayur_Sutare
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    Jul 05, 2024

    Looking at your requirement, you can also achieve it using rewrite profile.

    iRule can also help you to achieve it. 

     

    Below are the reference articles you can refer. If you have any queries regarding this, feel free to ask. 

     

    https://techdocs.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/ltm-implementations-12-1-0/17.html

     

    https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000130245

     

    https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K02027845

     

    Hope it helps!