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IPX_38791
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Aug 10, 2011

Rewrite URL in header ??

I need to setup 5 internal URL's that our DNS forwards to 10.113.230.31 (the load balancer VIP):

 

 

ordermanager.nn.local

 

spoc.nn.local

 

outage.nn.local

 

party.nn.local

 

enterprise.nn.local

 

invoices.nn.local

 

 

I need the load balancer to check the header and forward them to the correct virtual directory on one of the load balanced webservers.

 

 

Outcome is as follows:

 

 

spoc.nn.local -> x.x.x.x/SPOC

 

outage.nn.local -> x.x.x.x/outage

 

party.nn.local -> x.x.x.x/telflowpartymanagerUI

 

enterprise.nn.local -> x.x.x.x/enterprise

 

ordermanager.nn.local -> x.x.x.x/telflow

 

invoices.nn.local -> x.x.x.x/invoices

 

 

E.G. so invoices.nn.local gets resolved to 10.113.230.31, which is a VIP on the F5. I need the F5 to look at the header and rewrite I guess to when it goes through to the pool members it has the /invoices written into it.

 

 

 

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  • Kevin_Davies_40's avatar
    Kevin_Davies_40
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    Aug 10, 2011
    IPX,

     

     

    This is a basic web server function. It is how they determine what pages to display. They look at the host header of the incoming request (ordermanager.nn.local) and bring up the appropriate web pages. Suggest that you investigate if you can use this before recreating the same functionality inside an F5.

     

     

    Jarvil
  • Kevin_Davies_40's avatar
    Kevin_Davies_40
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    Aug 10, 2011
    I should add that you still need to point your domains to the VIP address but the page display is normally determined by the web server reading the incoming host header. If you still want to do it then HTTP classes will do this for you. You must ensure you have a catch-all (matches everything) class at the end to send all other traffic back to the default pool.

     

     

    Jarvil