iRule for redirection

[Koalan]

Hi,

I am not really familiar with iRule, can somebody help me?

So the scenario is that a user wants to access a f5 vip which will be redirected to a certain site:

user access onboarding.abc.com/uk (f5 vip) and it should redirect to https://ask.service.com/management.do

how can i attain this? it's needs to be exactly as onboarding.abc.com/uk

Thanks!

[Mayur_Sutare]

Hello  ,

You can even achieve your requirement using LTM Policy option. Also you can try below iRule.

 when HTTP_REQUEST {

if { [HTTP::host] contains "onboarding.abc.com"}{

if { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/uk"}{ 

HTTP::redirect https://ask.service.com/management.do

}

} 

}

Hope it works!

Mayur

[Samir]

Policy is always a better choice. I agree with  's iRule. Small correction needed; There is no points to add multiple if condition. Find the below iRule, Hope it will work for you.

when HTTP_REQUEST { if { ([HTTP::host] equals "onboarding.abc.com") && ([HTTP::uri] starts_with "/uk") } { HTTP::respond 301 Location "https://ask.service.com/management.do" } }

[Koalan]

thank you guys! i will try this!

[Koalan]

btw whats the difference between that HTTP::respond 301 to the normal redirect ?

[Samir]

HTTP::redirect:- This command always sends an HTTP 302 (Temporary Redirect) status code. HTTP request to the specified URL, or replaces the current response with a redirect to the specified URL.

HTTP::respond:- This command sends a response to the client telling the client to send a fresh request to the URL you specify. A 301 redirect means that the page has permanently moved to a new location.