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Lloyd_Kim_55160
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NimbostratusIRULE HTTP FORWARD HELP
I was hoping someone could help me with an irule.
Situation:
We are trying to move over a client to another F5 and while the DNS replication takes place we would like to have a rule that forwards our client URL to the new IP address.
For example, when a client goes to support.test.com, I would like an irule that if any matches that url it will be redirected to the virtual on our new F5.
Is this possible?
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- You could do a HTTP::redirect to the other virtual. The only downside is that you will either need to have a unique domain name for the new virtual or redirect the client to the IP address (which will show up in their browser.
ie.when HTTP_REQUEST { HTTP::redirect "http://other.domain.com[HTTP::uri]" - or - HTTP::redirect "http://1.2.3.4[HTTP::uri]" }
Either way, the client will see that the domain changed in their request.
-Joe 
Lloyd_Kim_55160Thanks Joe,
So in the client browser after the redirect it will show as either the IP address or the redirect url name? I guess there is no way around this.....- The way around it would be to do a rewrite in the host information both incoming and outgoing, rather than a redirect.
This is definitely a more involved process, but you could most likely make it an invisible process to the user.
If it's worth the trouble you can find more information about it here.
-Colin
