url redirection LTM

Hi,

first of all we need to understand what you want to do.

Suppose you use you client APP (not browser), you try to reach an service on F5

Client --> F5 service [F5 BOX] --> Backend server

You have 2 alternatives from what I understand:

• You want to rewrite URI ? but try to reach the same service...
• You want to redirect the request on another Service?

So if you want juste to rewrite uri, suppose your request is:

https://app1.mydomain.com/uri

and want to translate request to:

https://app1.mydomain.com/uri/cal

it's easy you juste have to user the following command "HTTP::uri"

If you want to implement a redirect on other URI :

https://app2.mydomain.com/uri/cal

,

the questions to ask are the following:

• You client can manage redirect?
• Can you resolve the domain (redirect).

Regards,

Hi.

 

watch this "2 Minute Tech Tip: URL Redirect"

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgLWIlKjY5c

 

That is what you need.

 

Thanks for comment on this.

 

This is not simple L7 redirection.

 

This is what we would like F5 to do

 

Client server (HTTP call for example http://10.1.1.1/enterprise/payments) > We will have VIP (10.1.1.1) configure on F5 > F5 convert this request to something like different URL for example http://abc.com/enterprise/payments and send this request towards final destination with source IP F5 itself and reverse traffic flow will take same path. so basically F5 is doing NAT and redirecting to different URL.

 

Thanks

 

Try this one-

when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [HTTP::host] equals "10.1.1.1" and [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/enterprise/payments" } {
    HTTP::redirect "http://abc.com/enterprise/payments"
}
}

If you want request to abc.com come from Virtual server IP, configure Source Address Translation to Auto Map and apply this iRule -

 when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
 snat [IP::local_addr]
 }