Rewrite client browser URL without redirect

I suppose you can do the following

 
  when HTTP_REQUEST {  
     if {[HTTP::host] eq "www.example.com" } {  
      HTTP::header replace Host "www2.example.com"  
      }  
  }  
  

This update will only affect the request to the pool member. The client will not see the update unless the web application uses the requested host header value to generate response headers and/or content.

Does that help?

Bhattman

Thanks for the help.

 

 

I actually wanted to client browser to see "www.example.com" in the address bar even though it is accessing "www2.example.com".

 

 

As part of our datacentre migration, the server that hosts www.example.com has a 302 redirect pointing to www2.example.com. During our cutover (before we change DNS over) we still want our customers to see www.example.com even though they are being redirected to www2.example.com.

 

 

I'm not sure if it is possible, but is there a response code that can be sent back to the client to change the URL in the browser address bar?

 

 

Thanks

 

James

 

 

 

Hi James,

 

What I posted up should only change the header going towards the webserver and not the browsers URI. So the clients should only see www.example.com but are infact going to www2.example.com. That is assuming that server in the pool is also hosting www2.example.com

 

 

Bhattman

Hi Bhattman,

 

 

Thats my problem, the two domains are hosted in different datacentres and I only have control over the www2.example.com server and LTM.

 

 

Thanks

 

James

Hi James,

 

That was the missing piece to allow me to understand your problem. Well you could still do this with the same iRule I posted above, however, it would mean the pool on the other datacenter would point to your VIP for www2.example.com. Not sure if that is an option for you.

 

 

Bhattman

 

 

Hi Bhattman,

 

 

No, we don't have a F5 out there unfortunately. I think I am just going to have to live with the URL differences during the migration until the DNS A records for www.example.com are updated.

 

 

Thanks alot for your help!

 

 

James