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Tom_Thunem_9204
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Oct 12, 2009

URL redirect when URL is lacking a domain name

Hello,     I have a situation where they want to save the user some typing. They want to redirect http://abc to http://abc.com. Haven't been able to find the syntax for this. All of my r...
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hoolio
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Oct 13, 2009
You could add logging to the iRule and use a browser plugin like HttpFox for Firefox or Fiddler for IE to view the client to VIP communication. 

 
 when HTTP_REQUEST { 
  
    log local0. "[IP::client_addr]:[TCP::client_port]: [HTTP::method] request to [HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]" 
  
     Check if host is chargeit-test 
    if { [HTTP::host] eq "chargeit-test" } { 
  
       log local0. "[IP::client_addr]:[TCP::client_port]: Replacing host header." 
  
        Replace the Host header 
       HTTP::header replace "Host" "chargeit-test.avnet.com" 
    } 
 }

Aaron