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Leslie_South_55
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Nov 18, 2006

Logging with HTTP::redirect

I have a simple working iRule to redirect based on URI = /, send to http://yada.com/1/2/3

My issue is with the logging (I know...it's working and going where I want it to but I need to be able to show that in the log)

My rule is as follows

 when HTTP_REQUEST {
   log local0. "Uri is [HTTP::uri]"
      if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/" } {
         HTTP::redirect "http://www.yada.com/1/2/3/"
    log local0. "redirecting to http://[HTTP::host]"
      } 
    }

I am testing with an IP in the URL, so here is what I get in the log

Nov 18 13:29:32 tmm tmm[762]: Rule rule_test_redirect : Uri is /
Nov 18 13:29:32 tmm tmm[762]: Rule rule_test_redirect : redirecting to http://10.10.10.1/

I want to see "redirecting to http://www.yada.com/1/2/3" in the log.

What am I missing?
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  • Joe_Pruitt's avatar
    Joe_Pruitt
    Nov 19, 2006
    A HTTP::redirect doesn't affect any of the current variables (HTTP::host or HTTP::uri), it just sends a HTTP redirect reply to the browser. By using these variables in your log statement, you will be accessing the values of the current original request (which isn't what you want). Why don't you just hard code the whole value in the log.

     

     

     when HTTP_REQUEST {
  log local0. "Uri is [HTTP::uri]"
  if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/" } {
    log local0. "redirecting to http://www.yada.com/1/2/3/"
    HTTP::redirect "http://www.yada.com/1/2/3/"
  } 
}

     

     

    -Joe