Redirect From port :80 to :8000

Would you please add the config from the CSM as well as the F5?

I would think there is a way within Peoplesoft to configure the app to use standard port 80 references to itself instead of port 8080 (even if it's listening on port 8080). If you do want to fix this with LTM, you could use an iRule which rewrites the response headers and content using a stream profile and STREAM::expression iRule:

 
 when HTTP_RESPONSE { 
  
     Rewrite redirects to remove the pool member's port 
     From http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iRules/RewriteHTTPRedirectPort.html 
  
     Check if server response is a redirect 
    if { [HTTP::header is_redirect]} { 
  
        Log original and updated values 
       log local0. "Original Location header value: [HTTP::header value Location],\ 
          updated: [string map ":[TCP::remote_port]/ /" [HTTP::header value Location]]" 
  
        Do the update, replacing :8080/ with / 
       HTTP::header replace Location [string map ":[TCP::remote_port]/ /" [HTTP::header value Location]] 
    } 
  
     Remove any instance of the pool member's port from response content 
     This requires adding a blank stream profile to the virtual server 
     From http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iRules/stream__expression 
  
     Check if response type is text 
    if {[HTTP::header value Content-Type] contains "text"}{ 
  
        Replace :8080/ with / 
       STREAM::expression "@:[TCP::remote_port]/@/@" 
  
        Enable the stream filter for this response only 
       STREAM::enable 
    } else { 
        Disable the stream filter by default 
       STREAM::disable 
    } 
 } 
 

Aaron

I have no configuration control over the peoplesoft application.

 

I am in the networking Group and only have access to the Cisco CSM's and the F5. Let me give you some more information and see if its makes it any clearer.

 

 

 

Here is the CSM config. This work normally without problems. No Port :8000 required on the end of the VIP

 

 

serverfarm PEOPLESOFT

 

nat server

 

nat client VLAN2-POOL

 

predictor leastconns

 

failaction purge

 

real 192.168.9.189 8000

 

inservice

 

real 192.168.9.190 8000

 

inservice

 

health retries 30 failed 5

 

probe HTTP-8000

 

!

 

 

!

 

vserver PS-SERVER

 

virtual 192.168.8.18 any

 

serverfarm PEOPLESOFT

 

sticky 5

 

replicate csrp connection

 

persistent rebalance

 

inservice

 

!

 

 

 

This is the config as it is on the F5. Only way to get this to work is to use :8000 after the VIP.

 

 

 

pool PEOPLESOFT {

 

lb method member least conn

 

action on svcdown reset

 

monitor all HTTP-8000 and HTTP

 

members {

 

192.168.9.189:8000 {}

 

192.168.9.190:8000 {}

 

}

 

}

 

 

virtual PS-SERVER {

 

mirror enable

 

snatpool VLAN2_SNAT

 

pool PEOPLESOFT

 

destination 192.168.8.18:any

 

persist source_addr-5

 

profiles fastL4-CSM {}

 

}

 

 

snatpool VLAN2_SNAT {

 

members {

 

192.168.8.77

 

192.168.8.78

 

192.168.8.79

 

}

 

}

 

monitor HTTP {

 

defaults from http

 

dest *:http

 

}

 

monitor HTTP-8000 {

 

defaults from http

 

dest *:8000

 

}

 

 

The goal is to use the VIP without :8000 at the end of it.

Why couldn't you create a vip on port 80 rather then ANY? The VIP setting you should have address translation and port translations checked.

 

 

CB

 

Agreed CB. Also use an HTTP profile on this virtual. But before you go much further have a look at the deployment guide: http://www.f5.com/pdf/deployment-guides/f5-peoplesoft-dg.pdf

 

 

This will help you see a general approach from the f5 perspective.

 

 

-Matt

I appreciate all the replies. The problem that I was having was the port translation was not checked. i found that if you click it and then change the port it clears the click on port translation. but basically that was the one little box I was looking for. I just have to get it in Production and verify that I am right. Thanks for all the help!

Yep that would do it. Glad that you find your solution.

 

 

CB