Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM
Known Affected Versions:
10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.1, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2
Fixed In:
12.0.0 HF3, 11.5.4 HF2
Opened: Dec 01, 2015 Severity: 3-Major
In certain scenarios there is a need to redirect an HTTP request through a given virtual server to a another virtual server (or remote endpoint). Such an operation is also known as 'vip-to-vip' forwarding. The available iRule API (specifically, the 'virtual' command) does not currently support this functionality.
Cannot implement HTTP Forward Proxy plus Transparent redirection to Web-Cache Pool.
Using an iRule to forward a request through a given virtual server to another virtual server or remote endpoint.
None.
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The 'virtual' iRule API has been changed to support a secondary target IP address and port to redirect the connection to, from a given virtual server. The new signature of the 'virtual' iRule API is: virtual [<name>] [<ipaddr> [<port>]] where: -- <name> = the name of the virtual server to redirect the connection from. -- <ipaddr> = the target IP address of the remote endpoint to route the connection to, through the specified virtual server; <ipaddr> can also have a route-domain (%). -- <port> = the port of the remote endpoint to route the connection to, through the specified virtual server.