iRule Redirect with URL Masking

[Xaveri]

Hello,

Can someone please tell me if it is possible to achieve the scenario I am trying to accomplish using iRule?

We are currently using a SaaS-based application which has a weird URL and it is not easy to remember (e.g. https://214124124.sdsddasd.com:10020). What I am looking to achieve is that when a user enters the URL https://mytestsite, it should be able to redirect to the SaaS-based application without changing the URL in the address bar. It should stay mytestsite.

[Karthick1]

If you don't want to change the url mytest, you can use apm and add the saas based url as portal

[SanjayP]

You can use proxypass iRule to achieve this. Please take a look at below discussion

https://devcentral.f5.com/s/question/0D51T00008zPVXjSAO/url-rewriteproxypass-functionality?page=1

[Xaveri]

  Please note that the destination is running on https://mytestsite:10020. Is it possible to redirect on non-HTTP(s) port?

[SanjayP]

Yes. You don't need to give port in client URL, users can access  https://mytestsite. I hope you own the domain for  mytestsite and VIP for it is configured on your F5. You would need to create a fqdn pool for the destination "214124124.sdsddasd.com" , port 10020 and map this to the mystestsite VIP. F5 will do the port translation. Use proxypass iRule mentioned in the above discussion to rewrite HOST header. Hope this helps.

[Xaveri]

Mytestsite is just an entry in our internal DNS mapped to an IP address.

[SanjayP]

well, then you would need to bring it on F5 to use F5 features.