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Richard_33825
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Jul 11, 2008

HTTP host header

A load balanced application, with 4 backend devices ,apparently does not like the vip DNS name placed in the host: part of the http header. The app developer states that the F5 needs to replace the vi...
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hooleylist
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Jul 14, 2008
Hi,

 

 

In 4.x, you cannot modify the host header. This would be relatively easy to do in 9.x using 'HTTP::header replace Host' in the HTTP_REQUEST_SEND event.

 

 

Can you modify the application to accept the fully qualified DNS name that resolves to the VIP or upgrade to 9.x?

 

 

Aaron