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Thiyagu's avatar
Thiyagu
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Nov 05, 2020

Need help for an irule for insertion of X-Forwarded-Proto

Hello All,

I'm working on a request to insert the protocol from the client. Does the below iRule would work to insert the protocol from the client?

when HTTP_REQUEST {

HTTP::header insert X-Forwarded-Proto:https

}

 

how does inserting of protocol in the header will help to identify the protocol between client and load balancer if we are using the redirection from http to https?

 

Thanks a lot in Advance.

 

Regards,

Thiyagu

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  • jaikumar_f5's avatar
    jaikumar_f5
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    Nov 05, 2020

    When there's http2https redirect already for http setup, I wouldn't go nor I see a need with inserting X-Forwarded-Proto into that either through http profile or through Irule.

     

    The intention of X-Forwarded-Proto is to let the end server know what the client machine protocol its coming in with. Its similar to the XFF - To know the original source ip.

     

    X-Forwarded-Proto often helps to avoid continuous loops, especially when the connections are proxied & the applications resources are having absolute path, thus including the protocol causing it go on continuous loop.

     

    You can insert X-Forwarded-Proto using the http profile insert or through Irule for the https setup.