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Dennis_Watson_2
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Apr 21, 2008

Redirect URL to pool member permanently

Hi folks,   I've read dozens of entries trying to find an example that would allow me to do a permanent redirect to the pool member once it was selected.   This may require more than one iRule t...
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hoolio
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Apr 21, 2008
So you want the client to make the initial request to example.com which resolves to the VIP address and get an HTTP redirect to the selected node's IP address? If so, you could configure a standard VIP and pool and then add the following rule:


when LB_SELECTED {
    Send redirect with the selected server's IP address
   HTTP::redirect http://[LB::server addr]
}

Aaron