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swo0sh_gt_13163's avatar
swo0sh_gt_13163
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Nov 17, 2013

URI Based HTTP/HTTPs redirection.

Hello folks,

 

Can you please help me building an iRule with a specific requirement? The scenario is, a specific URI should not get redirect over HTTPs and rest of the traffic shall redirect to HTTPs.

 

For eg. http://mydomain.com/first/second/third - Should never go to HTTPs.

 

However when user tries to open http://mydomain.com, it should always redirect to https://mydomain.com/first/second I hope you understand the exact requirement.

 

Thanks folks! Darshan

 

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3 Replies

  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
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    Nov 17, 2013

    How about modifying the default https redirect irule:

    When HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { not ([HTTP::uri] eq "/first/second/third") } {
    https://[getfield [HTTP::host] ":" 1][HTTP::uri]
    }
  }

    How does that look?

    N

  • swo0sh_gt_13163's avatar
    swo0sh_gt_13163
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    Nov 17, 2013

    Hey Nathan,

     

    Thanks for your help mate. I will give it a go and let you know. I am still newbie to F5. I didn't get meaning of 3rd line of the iRule. i.e.

     

    https://[getfield [HTTP::host] ":" 1][HTTP::uri]

     

    Could you please help me understand what does it mean how it will process the request?

     

    Thanks again, Darshan

     

  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
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    Nov 17, 2013

    Simply it's redirecting but it's also accounting for, and removing, any non standard http port (if one is being used of course e.g. 8080).

     

    Hope this helps.