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Jeff_Eskens_428
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Apr 30, 2015

trying to redirect a url

I am trying to redirect a URL from site.domain.com to site.domain.com/subsite. I have the F5 configured for SSL off-loading so anything that come in is redirected from http to https. When a user goes to https://site.domain.com I want them to be redirected to https://site.domain.com/newsite. I tried different iRules but none of them seem to work. Has anyone done this before?

 

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  • DEJ_159363's avatar
    DEJ_159363
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    Apr 30, 2015

    Edited to include loop break/fix

    Hello Jeff,

    On VIP-80 you'll have the http -> https redirect. On VIP-443 you could use the one below. What issues are you running into? 

    RULE-x.x.x.x-443
when HTTP_REQUEST {
   if { [string tolower [HTTP::host]] equals "site.domain.com" and !([HTTP::uri] starts_with "/subsite") } {
      set respond value to 301 or 302 as preferred
      HTTP::respond 302 Location "https://site.domain.com/subsite"
}
}
    • DEJ_159363's avatar
      DEJ_159363
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      Apr 30, 2015
      One clarification. You are doing SSL off-loading by applying a client ssl profile on the 443 VIP, correct?
    • nitass's avatar
      nitass
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      May 02, 2015
      i think you also have to include (check) uri or path in the if-condition. otherwise, it is going to be loop because it redirects to the same fqdn.
    • DEJ_159363's avatar
      DEJ_159363
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      May 02, 2015
      Thank you for catching that N. Would the below break the redirect loop appropriately? when HTTP_REQUEST { if { [string tolower [HTTP::host]] equals "site.domain.com" and !([HTTP::uri] starts_with "/subsite")} { set respond value to 301 or 302 as preferred HTTP::respond 302 Location "https://site.domain.com/subsite" } }
  • DEJ's avatar
    DEJ
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    Apr 30, 2015

    Edited to include loop break/fix

    Hello Jeff,

    On VIP-80 you'll have the http -> https redirect. On VIP-443 you could use the one below. What issues are you running into? 

    RULE-x.x.x.x-443
when HTTP_REQUEST {
   if { [string tolower [HTTP::host]] equals "site.domain.com" and !([HTTP::uri] starts_with "/subsite") } {
      set respond value to 301 or 302 as preferred
      HTTP::respond 302 Location "https://site.domain.com/subsite"
}
}
    • DEJ's avatar
      DEJ
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      Apr 30, 2015
      One clarification. You are doing SSL off-loading by applying a client ssl profile on the 443 VIP, correct?
    • nitass's avatar
      nitass
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      May 02, 2015
      i think you also have to include (check) uri or path in the if-condition. otherwise, it is going to be loop because it redirects to the same fqdn.
    • DEJ's avatar
      DEJ
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      May 02, 2015
      Thank you for catching that N. Would the below break the redirect loop appropriately? when HTTP_REQUEST { if { [string tolower [HTTP::host]] equals "site.domain.com" and !([HTTP::uri] starts_with "/subsite")} { set respond value to 301 or 302 as preferred HTTP::respond 302 Location "https://site.domain.com/subsite" } }
  • Sekhar's avatar
    Sekhar
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    May 01, 2015

    Hi Jeff, I think you are trying to redirect based on a uri

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [HTTP::uri] == "/" } {
  HTTP::redirect "https://[HTTP::host]/newsite" 
  }
}

    Thanks, Sekhar