Hi, I am converting form Cisco ACE to F5.. I need to do the following thing and I am wondering if the rewrite re-direct is the correct method in a http profile. client requests http://mysite.comgets redirected to https://mysite.com/something client comes into the LTM and gets offloaded SSL and forwards on port 80 to the web server. web server has a re-direct on it using only http that I need to get back into SSL to the client. thanks Adrian

Yes, redirect rewrite will solve item number 4. The initial HTTP to HTTPS redirect (items 1 and 2) can be achieved by applying the built-in 'sys_https_redirect' iRule to the port 80 virtual server, which will redirect to your 443 virtual server with only a client SSL profile applied.

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adrian_171483

Cirrus

Sep 24, 2014

re-writing redirection

Hi,

I am converting form Cisco ACE to F5.. I need to do the following thing and I am wondering if the rewrite re-direct is the correct method in a http profile.

client requests http://mysite.com
gets redirected to https://mysite.com/something
client comes into the LTM and gets offloaded SSL and forwards on port 80 to the web server.
web server has a re-direct on it using only http that I need to get back into SSL to the client.

thanks

Adrian

application delivery

devops

iRules

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Cory_50405
Noctilucent
Sep 24, 2014
Yes, redirect rewrite will solve item number 4.

The initial HTTP to HTTPS redirect (items 1 and 2) can be achieved by applying the built-in 'sys_https_redirect' iRule to the port 80 virtual server, which will redirect to your 443 virtual server with only a client SSL profile applied.