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Benjamin_Moore_
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Aug 20, 2014
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How do I redirect to a URL

I want all traffic destined to a VIP over HTTPS to be redirected to https://servername/cgi-bin/wf.html. How do I accomplish this withing LTM?  
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  • shaggy_121467's avatar
    shaggy_121467
    Aug 20, 2014

    It looks like this creates a redirect loop since the redirected request has the same hostname as your if statement. Try:

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
 if {[string tolower [HTTP::host]] equals "webdrop.xxx.com" and not ([string tolower [HTTP::uri]] equals "/cgi-bin/wf.html")} {
            HTTP::redirect "https://webdrop.xxx.com/cgi-bin/wf.html"
 }
}
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shaggy
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Aug 20, 2014

It looks like this creates a redirect loop since the redirected request has the same hostname as your if statement. Try:

when HTTP_REQUEST {
 if {[string tolower [HTTP::host]] equals "webdrop.xxx.com" and not ([string tolower [HTTP::uri]] equals "/cgi-bin/wf.html")} {
            HTTP::redirect "https://webdrop.xxx.com/cgi-bin/wf.html"
 }
}
  • Benjamin_Moore_'s avatar
    Benjamin_Moore_
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    Aug 20, 2014
    It appears to be redirecting but part of the Web file manager (QNAP) adds some URL options, such as - /cgi-bin/wf.html?&count=0.4379764038550741 Any way to allow for this redirection?
  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Aug 20, 2014
    i am confused. what are the request url you want to redirect and the redirect url?
  • shaggy's avatar
    shaggy
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    Aug 21, 2014
    change the second "equals" in the if statement to "starts_with"
  • Benjamin_Moore_'s avatar
    Benjamin_Moore_
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    Aug 21, 2014
    What I am really looking to happen is for the F5 to redirect the initial web-request and then get out of the way. Due to security concerns, I want to make sure that the user only hits the filemanager portion of the NAS (not the admin page.)