need http redirect and then pool selection based on local port

irule noob here... but i'll describe what i'm trying to accomplish followed by my weak attempt at solving it through an irule...

 

 

-a user goes to http://page.example.com

 

-they get redirected to https://page.example.com/URI_Path and use pool1

 

 

 

however, one of the applets within https://page.example.com/URI_Path sends the user a redirect with a location of: http://page2.example.com:8003/newURI_Path. This applet is served off a different node/member listening on port 8003.

 

 

 

so my solution was to create an iRule as follows:

 

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/" } {

 

HTTP::redirect "https://page.example.com/URI_Path"

 

pool pool1

 

}

 

if { [TCP::local_port] equals 8003} {

 

HTTP::redirect "https://page.example.com/newURI_Path"

 

pool pool2

 

}

 

}

 

 

 

 

Where pool2 is the backend server listening on port 8003.

 

 

 

I'm sure there's a cleaner way to do this and I'd love any better ideas... But for now, I can't even get the 1st portion of the irule to work. I get the redirect, but it never goes to the pool. Note that I do not have any default pool set in my HTTPS virtual server.

 

 

 

Thanks