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Nimbostratus

Aug 08, 2017

Irule redirection from old URL (abc.com) to new URL (xyz.com)

All, Looking for irule to redirect when user hits abc.com that should redirect to xyz.com. Note: xyz.com is just a CNAME for abc.com. looking forward for your help. Thanks, TS

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Yann_Desmarest_

Nacreous

Aug 08, 2017

Hi,

You can use the following irule :

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if { [HTTP::host] eq "abc.com" } {
        HTTP::respond 302 noserver Location "http://xyz.com" Connection Close
         alternative : HTTP::redirect "http://xyz.com"
    }
}

Or you may prefer to use an LTM policy for that.

Yann

tsm_329805
Nimbostratus
Aug 08, 2017
Thanks for quick reply.

Sorry about my ask, forgot to mention that the requirement is for https. will this below still valid.? //

when HTTP_REQUEST { if { [HTTP::host] eq "abc.com" } { HTTP::redirect "; } }

//

Thanks, TS
Yann_Desmarest_
Nacreous
Aug 08, 2017
Yes sure. it's still valid.

I prefer using
HTTP::respond
but you can also use
HTTP::redirect
. I prefer the first option because you have more control on the response like removing Server header, Closing connection, etc.