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jwhitene
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Jul 31, 2013

http::path trailing slash

iRule for a port 443 virtual server with ssl.

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if { [HTTP::path] starts_with "/GoogleAltLogin-2.0.7" } {

 

pool googleAltLogin

 

} elseif { [HTTP::path] starts_with "/banner-mobileserver" } {

 

pool MobileServer

 

} elseif { [HTTP::path] starts_with "/banner-mobileserver/" } {

 

pool MobileServer

 

} else {

 

pool HTTP_80

 

}

 

}

 

 

This works: https://mysite/banner-mobileserver/ - It correctly chooses the "MobileServer" pool, and I am able to see a 'welcome to grails' page.

 

This does not work: https://mysite/banner-mobileserver - It appears to be using the "else" choice and using pool HTTP_80

 

If I bypass the load balancer and do WGET's locally on the server, it works with or without a trailing slash, so it is for sure the F5.

 

How can I make the F5 use the "MobileServer" pool for a URL that either has, or does not have, a trailing slash?

 

 

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  • Kevin_Stewart's avatar
    Kevin_Stewart
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    Aug 01, 2013
    Could it perhaps be something else in the request process causing this? Are you trying this with a browser or cURL? Please try this version and report the results: 

    
when HTTP_REQUEST {
log local0. "path = [HTTP::path]"
log local0. "uri = [HTTP::uri]"
if { [HTTP::path] starts_with "/GoogleAltLogin-2.0.7" } {
log local0. "google"
pool googleAltLogin
elseif { [HTTP::path] starts_with "/banner-mobileserver/" } {
log local0. "slash"
pool local-pool
} elseif { [HTTP::path] starts_with "/banner-mobileserver" } {
log local0. "no slash"
pool local-pool
} else {
log local0. "default"
pool local-pool-single
}
}

  • jwhitene's avatar
    jwhitene
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    Aug 01, 2013

    Sorry, this ended up having nothing to do with the F5. It is a quirk of tomcat.

     

    Looking at the http headers, typing in "https://mysite/tomcat-webapp" , and I could see that there was a 302 redirect to "http://mysite/tomcat-webapp/" issued by tomcat.

     

     

    Thank you for the reply though.

     

     

     

  • Kevin_Stewart's avatar
    Kevin_Stewart
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    Aug 01, 2013
    If you set "redirect rewrite" to "matching" in the HTTP profile, it'll catch these HTTP 30x redirects and rewrite them to HTTPS automatically.