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Thiyagu's avatar
Thiyagu
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Oct 19, 2023

iRule to insert HTTP Basic Authorization to the server side connection

Hi Team,

Good day. We are working on an iRule to insert http basic authorization for the session to the application servers.

The front end connection from the client to the LB will not have http basic authorization value. whereas on the connection from the LB to the application server we need to insert basic authorization value in the header.

Thanks,

Thiyagu

 

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  • Thiyagu's avatar
    Thiyagu
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    Oct 19, 2023

    Will the below irule work

    when HTTP_REQUEST_RELEASE {
    HTTP::header insert X-Common-Name "1234"
    }

  • Niels_van_Sluis's avatar
    Niels_van_Sluis
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    Oct 22, 2023

    Hi Thiyagu,

    The iRule below should do the trick for you.

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
   set username "Aladdin"
   set password "open sesame"
   set credentials [b64encode "$username:$password"]
   
   HTTP::header insert "Authorization" "Basic $credentials"
}

    Have fun,

         --Niels