VIP redirect to another VIP

Certainly. There are at least two ways:

1. Explicit HTTP redirect - this is where you issue an explicit 302 redirect to send the client browser somewhere else. It can be done with an iRule, an HTTP class (11.3 and below), or a policy (11.4 and above). It's actually a pretty common use case to redirect from an HTTP VIP to an HTTPS VIP. So common in fact that there's a built-in iRule for it. It might look something like this:

   when HTTP_REQUEST {
       if { ...some condition... } {
           HTTP::redirect "https://somewhere.else.com"
       }
   }
   

   You can also use the HTTP::respond command for a bit more flexibility.

   when HTTP_REQUEST {
       if { ...some condition... } {
           HTTP::respond 301 Location "https://somewhere.else.com"
       }
   }
   

2. VIP targeting - this is where you basically put one VIP in front of another one. The external VIP would have your publicly-accessible destination IP and port, and would forward the traffic to the internal, potentially non-routable VIP via an iRule and the virtual command. Here's an example:

   when HTTP_REQUEST {
       if { ...some condition... } {
           virtual internal-vs
       }
   }
   

   where "internal-vs" is the name of the internal VIP.

so if I have a website like www.website.com and want to redirect to www.newsite.com.. would it look like the below?

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::host]] equals "www.website.com" } {
        HTTP::redirect "http://www.newsite.com"
    }
}

As long as you're offloading the SSL on the HTTPS VIP, the iRule should work the same for both.

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::host]] equals "website.com" } {
        HTTP::redirect "https://NEWwebsite.com"
    }
}

Thanks. I should remove the pool correct on the HTTPS vip (website.com) once the irule is in place?

Thanks.

yeah.. so basically we have..

a VIP website.com this VIP has a http://website.com with a redirect to https://website.com

we want both of those to redirect to another VIP https://NEWwebsite.com

I tried the above irule on http://website.com and https://website.com but it didnt seem like it worked..am I missing something?

Please advise..

Thanks for your help

I tried the above irule on http://website.com and https://website.com but it didnt seem like it worked..am I missing something?

doesn't the irule Kevin suggested work?

 config

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm virtual bar
ltm virtual bar {
    destination 172.28.24.10:80
    ip-protocol tcp
    mask 255.255.255.255
    profiles {
        http { }
        tcp { }
    }
    rules {
        qux
    }
    source 0.0.0.0/0
    vs-index 35
}
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule qux
ltm rule qux {
    when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [string tolower [HTTP::host]] equals "website.com" } {
    HTTP::redirect "https://NEWwebsite.com"
  }
}
}

 test

[root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  curl -I http://172.28.24.10 -H "Host: website.com"
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: https://NEWwebsite.com
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

Ok.. So the irule should work. so it must be something I am doing wrong. Let me try again.

If I still cant get it.. I might call and see if I can do a webex with support.

Thanks.

you may try http analyzer tool, such as httpfox, to see if it is helpful.

HttpFox

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/httpfox/