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Tim_Cahoon_1608's avatar
Tim_Cahoon_1608
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Dec 05, 2016

If incomming URL does not have specific URI's then redirect to external website

For this application, if an HTTP request doesn't come in with certain specific URI's then we want to redirect it to this Content Management front end in the cloud. I tried doing it this way:

 

when HTTP_REQUEST { if { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/fmstorefront"} {pool qa.fmmpe-cat.com_80} elseif { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/medias"} {pool qa.fmmpe-cat.com_80} elseif { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/fmwebservice"} {pool qa.fmmpe-cat.com_80} elseif { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/ipows"} {pool qa.fmmpe-cat.com_80} else { HTTP::redirect "; return } }

 

Now the first 3 elseif could be done better, but this seems to work for now. It's the ELSE that isn't working. When I do this right now, I should get a NOT FOUND from the remote site (as its not up yet) but I'm getting "This site can't be reached"

 

Any suggestions?

 

application delivery
BIG-IP
iRules
security

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  • Vijay_E's avatar
    Vijay_E
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    Dec 05, 2016

    When posting iRule, please use formatting for ease of reading. This is your iRule:

    when HTTP_REQUEST { 
if { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/fmstorefront"} {
pool qa.fmmpe-cat.com_80
} elseif { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/medias"} {
pool qa.fmmpe-cat.com_80
} elseif { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/fmwebservice"} {
pool qa.fmmpe-cat.com_80
} elseif { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/ipows"} {
pool qa.fmmpe-cat.com_80
} else { 
HTTP::redirect "https://d2ipxxe5h4s25e.cloudfront.net"
} 
}

    I would recommend using a datagroup like this as there is a common pool for the matches URI:

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [class match [HTTP::uri] starts_with CLASS_URI] } {
pool qa.fmmpe-cat.com_80
} else {
HTTP::redirect "https://d2ipxxe5h4s25e.cloudfront.net"
}
}

    CLASS_URI is a datagroup.

  • Niels_van_Sluis's avatar
    Niels_van_Sluis
    Icon for MVP rankMVP
    Dec 05, 2016

    Or use the switch statement.

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
    switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] {
        "/fmstorefront*" -
        "/medias*" -
        "/fmwebservice*" -
        "/ipows*" {
            pool qa.fmmpe-cat.com_80
        }
        default {
            HTTP::redirect "https://d2ipxxe5h4s25e.cloudfront.net"
        }
    }
}