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Chris_Olson
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusRedirect loses trailing "/"
I have some odd behavior on an HTTP redirect. Testing a site locally without adding a trailing "/" at the site name works fine. However, going through the F5 requires that the trailing "/" be entered manually for the site to come up. I cannot convince the business to force clients to add this to the URL manually. The activty appears that we are being redirected back to http and it fails. Seems like the rule will redirect to https but then will get redirected back to http if the "/" isn't present. Is it the pool redirect rule that is causing it?
Here are the rules:
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HTTPS redirect Rule (on the 80 VIP)____________________________________________________________
when HTTP_REQUEST {
switch [getfield [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] "/" 2] {
prod { HTTP::redirect [HTTP::host] ":" 1][HTTP::uri] }
prod-uat { HTTP::redirect [HTTP::host] ":" 1][HTTP::uri] }
prod-stg { HTTP::redirect [HTTP::host] ":" 1][HTTP::uri] }
prod-sales { HTTP::redirect [HTTP::host] ":" 1][HTTP::uri] }
}
}
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Pool redirect Rule (on the 443 VIP)
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when HTTP_REQUEST {
switch [getfield [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] "/" 2] {
prod { pool pool_2011.1_PROD }
prod-uat { pool pool_2011.1_UAT }
prod-sales { pool pool_2011.1_Sales }
prod-stg { pool pool_2011.1_Stage }
}
}
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RESULTS
wget
--12:38:57-- http://www.website.com/prod-uat
=> `prod-uat'
Resolving
wget
--12:39:14-- http://www.website.com/prod-sales
=> `prod-sales'
Resolving
- The_BhattmanHi Chris,
Wouldn't you simply add the trailing / within the iRule section of where the redirect is?
Bhattman 
Chris_OlsonSure, if I knew enough about the syntax of the rule itself. My best guess is just before the number one as shown below? Could it be that simple?
I am very sorry, but my lack of experience is clearly being exposed at this point.
prod-uat { HTTP::redirect [HTTP::host] ":" /1][HTTP::uri] }- The_BhattmanHi Chris,
More like the following:
prod-uat { HTTP::redirect https://[getfield [HTTP::host] ":" 1][HTTP::uri]/ }
Bhattman 
L4L7_53191You may also consider using redirect rewrite in the HTTP profile - see the section on trailing slash redirects:
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/6000/900/sol6912.html?sr=16353274
--Matt
