Using "matching" on Rewrite Redirects

Hi there,

I think that's a slight mis-statement. I'm pretty sure the host in the redirect location is not checked against the request. The 9.4.5 and 9.3.1 online help shows:

Redirect Rewrite

Specifies whether the system rewrites the URIs that are part of HTTP redirect (3XX) responses. The default is None.

* None: Specifies that the system does not rewrite the URI in any HTTP redirect responses.

* All: Specifies that the system rewrites the URI in all HTTP redirect responses.

* Matching: Specifies that the system the URI in any HTTP redirect responses that match the request URI.

* Nodes: Specifies that if the URI contains a node IP address instead of a host name, the system changes it to the virtual server address.

If you want to rewrite the redirect to https if the host in the Location header matches a predefined host you could hardcode it like this:

  
  when HTTP_RESPONSE {  
    
      Check if response is a redirect  
     if {[HTTP::is_redirect]}{  
    
         Rewrite the location header if it matches a hardcoded host value  
        HTTP::header replace Location [string map -nocase "http://www.example.com https://www.example.com" [HTTP::header value Location]]  
    
     }  
  }  
  

A more general (but less efficient) option would be to save the Host header value on every request and check if the Location header starts with it:

  
  when HTTP_REQUEST {  
    
      Save host header in lower case  
     set host [string tolower [HTTP::host]]  
  }  
  when HTTP_RESPONSE {  
    
      Check if response is a redirect  
     if {[HTTP::is_redirect] and [string tolower [HTTP::header value Location]] starts_with "http://$host"}{  
    
         Rewrite the location header if it matches a hardcoded host value  
        HTTP::header replace Location [string map -nocase "http:// https://" [HTTP::header value Location]]  
    
     }  
  }  
  

Aaron