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Rosieodonell_16
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Dec 17, 2015

Not sure what i need, rewrite or host header change

Basically i have users going to the following URL:   https://users.company.com/portal   but the server on the back end only wants to see   Just wondering what kind of irule i will need for ...
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Kai_Wilke
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Dec 17, 2015

Hi Rosieodonell,

you need at least two things...

1.) Configure SSL offloading to bridge between HTTPS (external VS) and HTTP (internal server)

2.) Change/rewrite the HOSTHEADER value by using 

HTTP::host "server01"
(v11.5+) or 
HTTP::header replace Host "server01"

... additional steps may be required, if the website does use absolute self-links or redirects, non-secure cookies, and certain other stuff which is not compatible with HTTPS offload and HOSTNAME changes.

But at first you should give 1.) and 2.) a try.

Cheers, Kai