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yihwen_100254
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Jun 14, 2011

Generic iRule to redirect domain.com to www.domain.com

Hi

 

 

I am planning to create an generic iRule to perform a http://domain.com to https://www.domain.com I know in the F5 v10.x.x, there is a _sys_https_redirect and that will actually redirect any http:// to https://

 

 

But as most users love to type http://domain.com, I am thinking of creating a generic iRule so that I can use it for all my domains. Below is the iRule to perform what I want but this is not generic.

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if {

 

[HTTP::host] eq "domain.com" } {

 

HTTP::redirect "https://www.domain.com[HTTP::uri]"

 

}

 

}

 

 

If I have another domain called http://abc.com, using this iRule above will not work. What is the best way of achieving this?

 

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  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Jun 14, 2011
    You can try something like this to redirect any request with a host header that doesn't start with www and is not an IP address to https://www< host >: 

    when HTTP_REQUEST {

    Check if host doesn't start with www and has at least one alpha character
   if { not ([string tolower [HTTP::host]] starts_with "www") and [string match {[a-zA-Z]} [HTTP::host]] }{

       Redirect to the same host via https with www. prepended
      HTTP::redirect "https://www.[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"
   }
}

    Aaron
  • yihwen_100254's avatar
    yihwen_100254
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    Jun 14, 2011
    Hi Aaron

     

     

    Thanks for your quote. I have tried but it is still not working.

     

     

    Thanks
  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Jun 14, 2011
    What happens when you try the iRule? Does the client get a redirect? Can you add logging to the iRule and check /var/log/ltm for the output? 

    when HTTP_REQUEST {

   log local0. "[IP::client_addr]:[TCP::client_port]: [HTTP::method] request to [HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"

    Check if host doesn't start with www and has at least one alpha character
   if { not ([string tolower [HTTP::host]] starts_with "www") and [string match {[a-zA-Z]} [HTTP::host]] }{

       Redirect to the same host via https with www. prepended
      HTTP::redirect "https://www.[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"

      log local0. "[IP::client_addr]:[TCP::client_port]: Redirecting to https://www.[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"
   }
}

    Aaron
  • yihwen_100254's avatar
    yihwen_100254
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    Jun 14, 2011
    Here is the output

     

     

    Jun 14 16:25:21 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:2172: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 14 16:25:54 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:27748: GET request to domain.com/

     

    Jun 14 16:26:21 local/tmm1 info tmm1[5213]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:2699: HEAD request to /
  • Michael_Yates's avatar
    Michael_Yates
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    Jun 14, 2011
    You can apply this to your HTTP Virtual Server.

     

     

    It will verify if the incoming HTTP::host starts with www and redirect to HTTPS based on the initial compare:

     

     

     

    when HTTP_REQUEST {

     

    if {[HTTP::host] starts_with "www."} {

     

    HTTP::redirect "https://[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"

     

    } else {

     

    HTTP::redirect "https://www.[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"

     

    }

     

    }

     

  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Jun 14, 2011
    Good point Michael. If you want to redirect all requests to HTTPS and prepend www. to hostnames without www. you can modify it: 

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
   log local0. "[IP::client_addr]:[TCP::client_port]: [HTTP::method] request to [HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"
    Check if host doesn't start with www and has at least one alpha character
   if { not ([string tolower [HTTP::host]] starts_with "www") and [string match {[a-zA-Z]} [HTTP::host]] }{
       Redirect to the same host via https with www. prepended
      HTTP::redirect "https://www.[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"
      log local0. "[IP::client_addr]:[TCP::client_port]: Redirecting to https://www.[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"
   } else {
       Redirect to the same host via https
      HTTP::redirect "https://[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"
      log local0. "[IP::client_addr]:[TCP::client_port]: Redirecting to https://[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"
   }
}

    Aaron

  • Colin_Walker_12's avatar
    Colin_Walker_12
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    Jun 14, 2011
    And here I was just about to correct Aaron's code...that comment is confusing. Looks like the iRule is correct, regardless of the "Redirect to the same host via https" comment being copied into a confusing spot. ;)

     

     

    Colin
  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Jun 14, 2011
    Forget spellcheck on replies--we need a QA team to review code blocks :)

     

     

    Aaron
  • yihwen_100254's avatar
    yihwen_100254
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    Jun 15, 2011
    Hi Aaron and Michael

     

     

    Thanks for your code. I have tried both your codes but still not working. Not sure what is going on?

     

     

    Jun 15 11:20:38 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:3462: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:21:39 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:3986: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:22:39 local/tmm1 info tmm1[5213]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:4585: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:23:40 local/tmm1 info tmm1[5213]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:1255: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:24:40 local/tmm1 info tmm1[5213]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:1821: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:25:41 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:2410: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:26:41 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:2936: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:27:41 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:3472: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:28:42 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:4036: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:29:43 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:4586: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:30:41 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:23950: GET request to domain.com/

     

    Jun 15 11:30:41 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:23950: Redirecting to https://domain.com/

     

    Jun 15 11:30:41 local/tmm1 info tmm1[5213]: Rule https_www_redirect : 203.12.2.160:50661: GET request to domain.com/

     

    Jun 15 11:30:41 local/tmm1 info tmm1[5213]: Rule https_www_redirect : 203.12.2.160:50661: Redirecting to https://domain.com/

     

    Jun 15 11:30:43 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:1146: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:30:43 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:1146: Redirecting to https:///

     

    Jun 15 11:30:47 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:23950: GET request to domain.com/

     

    Jun 15 11:30:47 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:23950: Redirecting to https://domain.com/

     

    Jun 15 11:31:43 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:1664: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:31:43 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:1664: Redirecting to https:///

     

    Jun 15 11:32:44 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:2210: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:32:44 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:2210: Redirecting to https:///

     

    Jun 15 11:33:45 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:2880: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:33:45 local/tmm info tmm[5212]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:2880: Redirecting to https:///

     

    Jun 15 11:34:45 local/tmm1 info tmm1[5213]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:3407: HEAD request to /

     

    Jun 15 11:34:45 local/tmm1 info tmm1[5213]: Rule https_www_redirect : 103.63.211.158:3407: Redirecting to https:///