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Cathi_Hahn_3185
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Jul 28, 2006

Rule to redirect http to https

How do I write a rule to redirect someone from the virtual server "stuff" to the virtual server "stuff-ssl"? We need to force users who do not enter the "https://" to go to the SSL site. I don't nor...
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hoolio
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Jul 28, 2006
A search for "redirect https" leads to this example:


when HTTP_REQUEST {
   HTTP::redirect https://[getfield [HTTP::host] ":" 1][HTTP::uri]
}

All requests to the VIP will be redirected to HTTPS. If the original request contains a port in the host header field, it will be removed. So a request to:

http://mysite.com:80/index.php

would be redirected to:

https://mysite.com/index.php

I think this functionality will be built into the GUI using HTTP classes in an upcoming release.

Aaron