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cakriwut
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Jan 24, 2020

Need help - Configure forwarding proxy chain

Hi team,

 

Initially I have configured forward proxy without any issue:

Client (Intranet) -> F5 (explicit-http) -> INTERNET

 

Now, we want to put proxy pool between F5 and INTERNET like this:

Client (Intranet) -> F5 (explicit-http) -> HTTP Proxy Pool -> INTERNET

 

I tried to follow this article - https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/configure-the-f5-big-ip-as-an-explicit-forward-web-proxy-using-ltm-32268 , however F5 (explicit-http) doesn't seem to tunnel the traffic to the HTTP Proxy Pool.

 

Please guide me what is missing?

 

Thanks,

 

Riwut

AAM
application delivery
LTM
  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
    Jan 24, 2020

    Have you seen this iApp? May identify any misconfiguration. Of course you may not need to go down the route of 0365 bypass though.

  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
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    Jan 24, 2020

    Have you seen this iApp? May identify any misconfiguration. Of course you may not need to go down the route of 0365 bypass though.

  • cakriwut's avatar
    cakriwut
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    Jan 26, 2020

      thanks, you are saving my day.

    For others who has same difficulties, here are the key moving part to create load balance forward proxy chain.

    1. Create Pool of forward proxy, that will actually connect to internet.
    2. Create DNS Resolver
    3. Create tcp-forward tunnel
    4. Create http-explicit service profile (bind DNS resolver, tcp-forward tunnel, disable one connect transformation, enable default connect handling)
    5. Create iRule that will disable HTTP::proxy , and direct to Pool of forward proxy.

     

    Apparently my initial configuration was missing step-4 (disable one connect transformation) and step-5 irule.

    Hence the principle to achieve forward proxy chain are:

    1. Create http-explicit VS for the proxy endpoint
    2. Using iRule to internally change the processing into Reverse proxy.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Riwut

     

     

    • LiefZimmerman's avatar
      LiefZimmerman
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      Jan 30, 2020

       - might you consider selecting the answer that  provided as best? You could select your own as well if you prefer. Cheers.

    • chomjosh's avatar
      chomjosh
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      Jul 17, 2023

      Thanks for this straight forward contribution to this issue. It solved my problem 100%. Great job! This should be voted BEST!