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NimbostratusRedirect to specific port/page
Hi, I have a request from our applications group to create a VIP that redirects to a pool, and in that pool the members go to port 7001/apex
I setup the pool with port 7001 for the servers, and an Irule that I thought would do the redirect to the /apex page: when HTTP_REQUEST { HTTP::header replace Host "[HTTP::host]/apex" } however, it seems to just go to port 7001. Any help would be appreciated as I am a novice at iRules.
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What_Lies_Bene1Cirrostratus
Hi, you need to use the HTTP::uri command, not HTTP::header - no need to modify the host, just the URI.
Do you just want to direct to /apex if no URI has been specified (/) or in all cases? My concern is that a request to /apex/some/path/index.html will be redirected to /apex.
- What_Lies_Bene1
I think this is the safest way;
when HTTP_REQUEST { if { [HTTP::uri]] equals "/" } { HTTP::redirect "/apex/" } } 
John_Base_11768Thanks - After my application owner stopped by, what he really wants is a proxypass rule, as he doesn't want the end users to ever see www.somesite.com/apex - just www.somesite.com
It also turns out they are not load balancing the application - so even though I could do it on the F5 - they can also do the same thing on the server in Apache - they just wanted to use the F5 so they don't have to update the cert on the server when it expires.
- What_Lies_Bene1OK, if you haven't already, there are many examples to be found here on DC.
