re-direct a URL but maintain the same URL in browser

That's because Joes example doesn't do a redirect. It simply changes the URL that the backend sees. What you're doing is the same. But if the user types in a URL that then gets mapped to a DIRECTORY on the backend the backend WILL send a redirect. And the URL will of course change on the browser.

 

 

What you need to do is put a lot more intelligence in your iRule. Either maintain a list of valid documents that can be accessed without a redirect (And translate to a document instead of a directory), or have a much more complex iRule that intercepts the redirect, and then re-issues the request with the redirected document instead of the directory directly from the F5 without sending the redirect to the browser.

 

 

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