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Tim_M_126638's avatar
Tim_M_126638
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Nov 13, 2013

ProxyPass - redirection to the internet cloud solution

Hi everyone,

 

I need to create a redirection to an external site. We have outsourced our helpdesk software to a cloud solution, however the cloud solution doesn't provide a friendly url so we want to take advantage of the F5 Big IP to handle this for us. I was told the proxypass is what I need to configure. Here's what i'm trying to do:

 

Internal DNS entry (help.mydomain.local) to point to the BigIP. Bip IP to send the requests to my cloud service URL ( https://vendor.com/MYCOMPANYNAME ) ; however I don't want the URL to ever change, my end users should not be aware that the traffic is coming in from the cloud / vendors site and end users would only ever see https://help

 

Can anyone provide a little info on how to do this, i'm fairly new to configuring BIG ip's but have done a few iRules. Also, I assume I would need a site certificate from my vendor for the SSL connections.

 

Thanks in advance ! .tm

 

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2 Replies

  • Kevin_Stewart's avatar
    Kevin_Stewart
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    Nov 13, 2013

    This is exactly what ProxyPass is for, and now the rewrite profile in 11.4. If you download and read the comments section of the ProxyPass iRule, it does a pretty good job of laying out what needs to be done to configure it. Essentially you'll apply this iRule to your VIP and create a string-based data group that maps internal HOST/URI values to external HOST/URI values.

     

  • Kevin_Stewart's avatar
    Kevin_Stewart
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    Nov 14, 2013

    Your data group entry should probably look like this:

    help.mydomain.local/ := vendor.com/MYCOMPANYNAME

    If you intend to use the short name, then probably also need:

    help/ := vendor.com/MYCOMPANYNAME