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LB according to same node different server
I have a customer that directs inbound requests to an internal webportal page. This means there are about 30 different websites on the same server. They want to accomplish this on the new BigIPs that they are putting inline. I have seen many variations of what I need on this site but can't get my head wrapped around it. I have tried a few of the posted rules with no success.
This would seem to be a pretty easy request and I think I am trying to make it too hard.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- I'm not really sure what you're asking. Virtual hosting is very common. Webservers can support multiple websites by examining the Host: header. What is it you want the BIG-IP to do? Do you want to load-balance the internal portal across a couple of servers? Do you want to aggregate several websites into one common directory structure on a single site?
- I can see where this would be confusing.
There will be only one pool. All servers in the pool have a specific IP address. All servers are running on port 80. Currently they direct users to a specific landing page according to the HTTP request. There are 30 different URLs
IP:192.168.1.1
port:80
HTTP: www.companya.com
www.companyb.com
www.companyc.com
The WWW server names are not even remotely the same however. They could be:
www.bellsouth.com
www.yahoo.com
www.google.com
and so on.
I need to direct traffic according to the request from the user.
I hope that is more clear.
Thanks. - I think writing this is helping me to work it out. There is a mechanism on the webserver for answering a request with the info from a specific webpage. Actually I think I dont need an iRule after all. I just need to rewrite the request so that the actual URL name is passed and not just IP information.
Nevermind but thanks for the patience. Still new to all of this here so I appreciate your patience.
