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helloworld
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Dec 07, 2022

Route traffic to specific sorry server path

Hi all, Quick background on simple setup: I have virtual server setup with 443 with two pool members it has no ssl offloading on F5 it and no http profile setup, the condition for traffic to be sen...
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  • Kai_Wilke's avatar
    Kai_Wilke
    Dec 13, 2022

    Hi Helloworld,

    yes, you would need to install the sites SSL certificates on your F5 to intercept/terminate/ansylse/offload the HTTPS communication (many names for the same approach). Without doing this, the F5 would not be able to to interact with your client on the HTTP protocol layer. This layer is required to perform HTTP redirects.

    And yes, if the Sorry web server support lets say .htaccess or mod_rewrite you can teach the Sorry server to redirect or rewrite request for "/" (Root-Web) to the "/down" maintenance page. you would fix your issues on the server itself...

    Cheers, Kai

     

     

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Leslie_Hubertus
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Dec 13, 2022

helloworld, if Kai_Wilke isn't able to come back to this thread in the next day or so, I'll see if one of my colleagues can weigh in. Though you're certainly in good hands with Kai!

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    Kai_Wilke
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    Dec 13, 2022

    Thanks for the reminder. I somehow missed the response... 🙄 

    Cheers, Kai