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Tyron_Fourie_18's avatar
Tyron_Fourie_18
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Oct 29, 2015

Redirect URL

Hi,

 

I am looking to redirect http://www.examplesite.com/Examplepage.html to an external site like http://www.externalsite.com/

 

As I understand it there are multiple ways to do this so I have 2 questions about it.

 

  1. Which is the best way to do this?
  2. Which is the easiest way to do this?

I have tried multiple methods in doing this and have failed each time. Namely:

 

  1. https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/simple-url-redirect-irule
  2. https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/irule-for-http-redirect-from-retired-url-to-new-url
  3. Redirect Policies
  4. Rewrite Service

Thanks in advanced.

 

application delivery
BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
deployment
LTM
redirect
security
url
  • Karthik_Krishn1's avatar
    Karthik_Krishn1
    Oct 30, 2015

    I had a similar situation. What i did was: * create a pool with no active members * create a VS and assign this pool to it * create an irule which looked at the of active members in the pool and if is 0 then redirect to external URL The irule is as below:

     

    when HTTP_REQUEST { if { [active_members TS-EmptyPool] == 0 }{ HTTP::redirect "https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/eg.survey" } }

     

    karthik

     

  • IheartF5_45022's avatar
    IheartF5_45022
    Icon for Nacreous rankNacreous
    Oct 29, 2015

    Assuming the virtual only hosts a single domain

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if {[string tolower [HTTP::path]] eq "/examplepage.html"} {
       HTTP::respond 301 noserver Location "http://www.externalsite.com/"
       return
    }
}

    Otherwise if www.examplesite.com is a vhost on the virtual try this;-

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if {[string tolower [HTTP::path]] eq "/examplepage.html" && [getfield [HTTP::host] : 1] eq "www.examplesite.com"} {
       HTTP::respond 301 noserver Location "http://www.externalsite.com/"
       return
    }
}

    Now as to what's best/easiest....it's a matter of personal taste really. For me an iRule is easiest, however in theory a Local Traffic Policy or Rewrite Service is more efficient. Try them all and see what suits you....

    Let me know if the iRule doesn't work for you.....

  • johtte_168100's avatar
    johtte_168100
    Icon for Nimbostratus rankNimbostratus
    Oct 30, 2015

    if you want to redirect to two diffent pools based on path? How the irule change?

     

    Thanks for your help

     

  • Karthik_Krishn1's avatar
    Karthik_Krishn1
    Icon for Cirrostratus rankCirrostratus
    Oct 30, 2015

    I had a similar situation. What i did was: * create a pool with no active members * create a VS and assign this pool to it * create an irule which looked at the of active members in the pool and if is 0 then redirect to external URL The irule is as below:

     

    when HTTP_REQUEST { if { [active_members TS-EmptyPool] == 0 }{ HTTP::redirect "https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/eg.survey" } }

     

    karthik