Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM
Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 13.0.0
Fixed In:
13.0.0 HF1, 12.1.2 HF1, 11.6.2
Opened: Jan 12, 2017 Severity: 3-Major
Starting from v4.4, Horizon View HTML5 client is using new URI for launching remote sessions, and supports 302 redirect from old URI for backward compatibility.
This fix allows for VMware HTML5 clients v4.4 or later to work properly through APM.
APM webtop with a VMware View resource assigned. HTML5 client installed on backend is of version 4.4 or later.
For versions 11.6.x and 12.x: =============================== priority 2 when HTTP_REQUEST { regexp {(/f5vdifwd/vmview/[0-9a-f\-]{36})/} [HTTP::uri] vmview_html5_prefix dummy } when HTTP_RESPONSE { if { ([HTTP::status] == "302") && ([HTTP::header exists "Location"]) } { if { [info exists vmview_html5_prefix] } { set location [HTTP::header "Location"] set location_path [URI::path $location] if { $location_path starts_with "/portal/" } { set path_index [string first $location_path $location] set new_location [substr $location $path_index] regsub "/portal/" $new_location $vmview_html5_prefix new_location HTTP::header replace "Location" $new_location } unset vmview_html5_prefix } } } ====================== For version 13.0: priority 2 when HTTP_REQUEST { regexp {(/f5vdifwd/vmview/[0-9a-f\-]{36})/} [HTTP::uri] dummy vmview_html5_prefix } when HTTP_RESPONSE { if { ([HTTP::status] == "302") && ([HTTP::header exists "Location"]) } { if { [info exists vmview_html5_prefix] } { set location [HTTP::header "Location"] set location_path [URI::path $location] if { $location_path starts_with "/portal/" } { set path_index [string first $location_path $location] set new_location "$vmview_html5_prefix[substr $location $path_index]" HTTP::header replace "Location" $new_location } unset vmview_html5_prefix } } }
Handle 302 redirects for VMware View HTML5 client are now handled properly.