Handling HTTP Requests on an HTTPS Virtual Server

There are scenarios where it might be prudent to support HTTP request redirection on a single port, and thus, a single virtual server. Yes, this can be done with the alias port zero, but that locks a...
Published Jul 24, 2018
Version 1.0
application delivery
BIG-IP
iRules
ssl
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Aug 01, 2018

you might not ever need this. Some might need to allow non-SSL connections via http on the SSL port and redirect to SSL so a more secure https connection will occur, which is what this solution provides.