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99Problems_4835
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Jan 24, 2017

v12 URL/URI Rewrite

I am in need of rewriting the url https://site1.domain.com to https://site2.sub.domain.com/widget in v12.x code. Best to use an iRule or a rewrite profile (for a non apm portal configuration)? What...
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Jeremy_Church_3's avatar
Jeremy_Church_3
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Mar 17, 2017

Fortunately in v12, an iRule is no longer needed for this type of translation. The rewrite profile is what you would use, especially if you used the proxy-pass iRule in the past.

Simply rewriting the Host header in the request and Location headers in the response will not address URLs that exist in HTML content.

Simply create a uri-translation rewrite profile and add a URL rule:

Client URL: https://site1.domain.com/
Server URL: https://site2.sub.domain.com/widget/

Notice the URLs end in a 

/
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