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brepav123_22459
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Mar 09, 2016

iRule for redirecting to external site

Hi everyone, im trying to create an iRule which takes an HTTPS request and redirects it towards an external site. Basically taking an incoming request, changing the domain name, then keeping the same...
application delivery
BIG-IP
irule
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Brad_Parker's avatar
Brad_Parker
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Mar 09, 2016

First of all your VIP will require an HTTP profile and subsequently a client SSL profile since you say your site is HTTPS. After you have those things, this simple iRule will preform a redirect and keep the URI in the original request.

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    HTTP::respond 302 noserver Location "https://new.domain.name[HTTP::uri]"
}
  • brepav123_22459's avatar
    brepav123_22459
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    Mar 09, 2016
    Thanks Brad for that info. Will that keep the connection going through the F5 or does it redirect the client outside the F5? Reason being we have a client who is only capable of TLS 1.0 and they need to access a site that only allows TLS 1.2. So we want to make sure the interaction runs through the F5 so the connection from the F5 to the server is 1.2 and the F5 to the client is 1.0. Thanks!
  • Brad_Parker's avatar
    Brad_Parker
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    Mar 09, 2016
    What you are asking for is not a redirect then. Is the site behind the F5 LTM?
  • Krishna_R's avatar
    Krishna_R
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    Apr 26, 2016
    Hi Brad, This above request can be achieved by policy. Correct?