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thecompguru_206
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Jun 16, 2015

Traffic Redirection

Sorry if this is a very greenhorn question but i'm just getting started with the irules in the F5 and wanted to know what the script would look like for the redirect i'm going for. I want to do a URL...
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Hannes_Rapp
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Jun 16, 2015
when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { ([HTTP::host] == "irule.sample.com") && ([HTTP::path] == "/" )}{
    HTTP::respond 302 location "https://irule.newsample.com/launcher/irule"  Invokes a temporary 302 redirect, replace with 301 if you want permanent instead.
    event disable  Recommended function, if you use other iRules that also utilize the HTTP_REQUEST event.
    TCP::close  Recommended because it resolves the issue with redirect not functioning from the second web-browser tab if already invoked more than once. (issue applies to Chrome and HTTP/1.1).
  }
}

Test it out. I've added some comments to help you understand the lines. You will need to apply the iRule to your TCP/443 port listener Virtual Server. Also for the iRule to work, your VS must have a clientside SSL profile configured as well as a HTTP profile.