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kridsana
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Jul 20, 2018

Can GTM/DNS Redirect URL?

Hi

 

From this guide https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip-dns/manuals/product/bigip-dns-implementations-12-0-0/6.html

 

What the result of this guide? I've configured it and I found nothing happen. (May be I config it wrong)

 

From my understanding, When user enter URL "oldcompany.com" , F5 will return CNAME ";

 

But in browser, URL can't possibly change to "; , Am I correct?

 

So how can F5 really redirect to new URL "; when access URL "oldcompany.com"?

 

Thank you

 

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  • Stewart_88212's avatar
    Stewart_88212
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    Jul 20, 2018

    Hi kridsana.

     

    A DNS response isn't going to be able to send an http redirect.

     

    It looks like the article you reference above shows you how to set up a CNAME record to reference another WideIP. That WideIP contains the A record that you want to return.

     

    In the article: If you make a request for the competitor.com. A record, you are, after a few queries returned the A record for competitor.siterequest.com.

     

  • kridsana's avatar
    kridsana
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    Jul 20, 2018

    Hi Stewart

     

    So URL is the same as before due to F5 DNS can't send http redirect But It will send request to the correct webserver, Am I right?

     

    cause If I make a request for the competitor.com. after a few queries It will returned the A record for competitor.siterequest.com. And browser will send "GET / Host:competitor.com..." to webserver of competitor.siterequest.com.