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Mar 17, 2017

Want to configure virtual server for the applications in which application is redirecting payment gateway or third party API on internet.

Hi Team,

 

We want to configure the virtual server which includes below scenario 1.application contains payment gateway in which after accessing the site user enters the details & then redirected to payment gateway.After successful payment it is again redirected to original site. 2.user request hitting from internet to virtual server & to application server.Application server is again calling third party API through internet.

 

Please help here.

 

Thanks

 

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  • The problem as outlined here is not clear enough. Perhaps you could be more specific in what you want to achieve and what the situation is currently. It appears to me that all the redirection you need is embedded in the application ( handling the payment ). From the little I could glean, if users hit your virtual server and it loadbalance users to the application which then presents a payment platform and, upon success redirect to the original ( first ) site, then, you must have some checks ( some "if" statements )in the original application that checks if the user is making a first-time visit or is coming from the final payment site.

     

    That does not have to do with virtual server or loadbalancing at all, except for the initial loadbalancing to the app servers behind BIGIP.

     

    Maybe there is something else you want to point out?

     

  • Hi Sadorect,

     

    Thanks for the response.

     

    As of now i am not having clarity about the actual flow.Yet meeting with the client not happend.

     

    But still as a curiosity we can consider here the application through which we are paying mobile bills online.

     

    With this site ,i will visit the site & will enter my mobile details,amount to be paid.Once i enters the details after verification site will redirected to payment gateway.After successful payment,payment gateway is again redirected to original site with confirmation of payment.

     

    So will above scenario is possible configure on BIG IP.If possible then howwill be application flow through BIG IP.

     

    Thanks..

     

  • Sadorect is correct. What you're describing is a web application. These normally run on the web server, not the BigIP. The BigIP hands the traffic off to the web server. You might consider using ASM to protect the web application, but neither ASM nor LTM would host the web application.

     

    • LTM - Load Balancer
    • ASM - Web Application Firewall
    • Web Server - hosts web pages
    • SQL Server - hosts application database

    The LTM is neither the web server nor the SQL Server.