url redirect
Hi there,
We have a requirement in which we alredy have existing virtual server with pool members associated with it used to server http/https requests to some uri. Those Pool members are hosted in Data Center.
Issue:: client has migrated few of the content of those servers to cloud.but users are still accessing those content with old url path.
Requirement:: We are required to provide solution in which if client access to those contect with old url it should be checked by redirect APP if those contents are available in database and that redirect APP will perform decision and based on decision it should be either forwarded to data center hosted servers or through cloud.
I need help here as how can we achieve this scenario. We should not be chaging any existing F5 configuration to achieve the solution that is client requirement. Below is traffic flow diagram to understand the requirement.
Diago1111 I have come up with the following iRule which should do what you want. I have swapped "xyz" with "example.com" so in your scenario the redirect app pool server would send a redirect back to the client of "redirect.example.com" instead of "xyz-redirect" so that it appears as a full FQDN rather than a partial name. You can replace "example.com" with whatever you would like and the same goes for the URI path that you would like to match. Please keep in mind that this iRule assumes that the default pool associated to your virtual server would be the iflow server pool but if it isn't you would need to add an else action to send all other traffic to your iflow server pool.
when HTTP_REQUEST priority 500 { if { ([HTTP::host] == "example.com") && ([string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/iflow/cx.exe/link") } { pool POOL_redirect_app } }
Thanks Paulius I will test this.. return traffic from redirect app will go through F5 to client or it will send redirect url to client bypassinf F5? I assume this will go through F5...
Diago1111 As long as the F5 is in path or you have SNAT enabled on the virtual server the response will go back through the F5 and to the client.