Rewrite the content in URI with a short URL

Hi Kevin

One more request , i would like to get the above iRule triggered only when end user browses www.myweb.com . The reason is that there are multiple websites hosted on backend physical servers (residing behind F5) ; however those websites are represented by F5 Virtual IP address.

Regards , Ankur

when HTTP_REQUEST {
  log local0. "..in HTTP_REQUEST"
  set host [string tolower [HTTP::host]]
  if {$host ne "www.myweb.com"} { return }
   no replacement for requests
  STREAM::disable
   disable compression server side
  HTTP::header remove "Accept-Encoding"
}
when HTTP_RESPONSE {
  log local0. "...in HTTP_RESPONSE"
  if {$host ne "www.myweb.com"} { return }
   only replace text content
  if {!([HTTP::header value Content-Type] contains "text")}{ return}

  set search ""
  foreach pair [class get myclass] { 
    set search "$search@[lindex $pair 0]@[lindex $pair 1]@"
  }
  log local0. "String replace=$search"
  STREAM::expression $search
  STREAM::enable
}

Hi Kevin

The above is not working . I configured the above iRule and assigned it to VS along with enabling stream. I have built a dummy URL on the backened webserver and when i browse this URL , the URL in the address bar remains unchanged ]

Regards,

Ankur

I think you need a more comprehensive solution. Have a look at https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.proxypassv10.ashx

Hi Kevin,

The URL recommended by you contains the solutions which are difficult to understand and which doesnt mention the shortening of URIs . Is there any other way of doing it ?

Regards,Ankur

The above is not working . I configured the above iRule and assigned it to VS along with enabling stream. I have built a dummy URL on the backened webserver and when i browse this URL , the URL in the address bar remains unchanged

i understand Kevin's irule does replace string (e.g. uri) in response from server. it does not affect if you browse the uri directly.

Source URL : http://www.myweb.com/secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/XYZ

do you want when browsing http://www.myweb.com/secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/XYZ, url in address bar is changed to http://www.myweb.com/en/XYZ but uri to server is still /secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/XYZ?

or does user have to browse http://www.myweb.com/en/XYZ (http://www.myweb.com/secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/XYZ is no not available at all) but bigip changes uri when sending to server to /secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/XYZ?

Hi nitass

Yes , you understood it correctly . My requirement is first one you mentioned in above statement .

"when browsing http://www.myweb.com/secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/XYZ, url in address bar is changed to http://www.myweb.com/en/XYZ but uri to server is still /secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/XYZ "

Regards, Ankur

e.g.

 config

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm virtual bar
ltm virtual bar {
    destination 172.28.24.10:80
    ip-protocol tcp
    mask 255.255.255.255
    pool foo
    profiles {
        http { }
        tcp { }
    }
    rules {
        qux
    }
    source 0.0.0.0/0
    source-address-translation {
        type automap
    }
    vs-index 41
}
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm pool foo
ltm pool foo {
    members {
        200.200.200.101:80 {
            address 200.200.200.101
        }
    }
}
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule qux
ltm rule qux {
    when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [HTTP::host] ne "www.myweb.com" } {
    return
  }

  switch -glob [HTTP::path] {
    "/secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/*" {
      HTTP::redirect "http://www.myweb.com[string map {/secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/ /en/} [HTTP::uri]]"
    }
    "/en/*" {
      HTTP::uri [string map {/en/ /secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/} [HTTP::uri]]
    }
    default {
       do nothing
    }
  }
}
}

 trace

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  ssldump -Aed -nni 0.0 port 80
New TCP connection 1: 172.28.24.1(46786) <-> 172.28.24.10(80)
1403433548.8492 (0.0022)  C>S
---------------------------------------------------------------
HEAD /secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/XYZ HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.15.5 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.15.5 OpenSSL/0.9.8b zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.6.5
Host: www.myweb.com
Accept: */*

---------------------------------------------------------------

1403433548.8494 (0.0002)  S>C
---------------------------------------------------------------
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://www.myweb.com/en/XYZ
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

---------------------------------------------------------------

1403433548.8524 (0.0030)  C>S
---------------------------------------------------------------
HEAD /en/XYZ HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.15.5 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.15.5 OpenSSL/0.9.8b zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.6.5
Host: www.myweb.com
Accept: */*

---------------------------------------------------------------

New TCP connection 2: 200.200.200.14(46786) <-> 200.200.200.101(80)
1403433548.8687 (0.0160)  C>S
---------------------------------------------------------------
HEAD /secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/XYZ HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.15.5 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.15.5 OpenSSL/0.9.8b zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.6.5
Host: www.myweb.com
Accept: */*

---------------------------------------------------------------

Hi

Thanks for the above rule . As per mentioned Redirect rule ,i believe this will be applicable only when someone browse www.myweb.com .With this redirection i assume ; the user should see http://www.myweb.com/en/XYZ in browser.

But this URI "/secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/" is configured and embedded inside the sublinks of the same website as well . Hence , if any of the sub-sites or links embedded inside www.myweb.com , contains "/secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/ ", then also "/secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/ " should get replaced with /en

Regards , Ankur

But this URI "/secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/" is configured and embedded inside the sublinks of the same website as well . Hence , if any of the sub-sites or links embedded inside www.myweb.com , contains "/secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/ ", then also "/secureapp/connect/report_en/REP/ " should get replaced with /en

that part can be done by Kevin's irule. :-)