Modification of http response header when using HTTP::redirect

I don't believe you can override the header values in the HTTP::redirect command. But, you can always use the HTTP::respond command to send back any respond code you wish. And, that command allows you to add headers.

 

 

HTTP::respond [content ] [ ]+

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {
  HTTP::respond 302 Location "http://www.domain.org" "Server" "Company Name"
}

 

 

The downside to this is that it will return two Server headers, one with "Company Name" and another with the default "BIG-IP". Looks like that one is hard coded in there.

 

 

The reason a "HTTP::header replace" won't work is that that is in the context of a request. The HTTP::redirect and respond generate new response messages with their own set of headers. I'm not sure if a stream profile will work on headers in BIG-IP generated responses, but it's worth a try.

 

 

If you want to change the response code to a 301, go ahead and change it in the respond command.

 

 

*Update* - should have checked to see that deb already responded...

 

 

-Joe