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Using the Configuration utility to configure a local traffic policy to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS for a virtual server

Impact of procedure: Performing the following procedure should not have a negative impact on your system.

1. Log in to the Configuration utility.
2. Navigate to Local Traffic > Policies > Policy List.
3. Click Create.
   The Configuration utility displays a New Policy page.
4. Type the desired policy name in the Name setting.
   For example:
   myHTTPtoHTTPSpolicy
5. Select the appropriate Strategy setting for your application environment. If you are performing this procedure to only redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS, you can leave the Strategy setting as first-match, which is the default setting.
6. For the Requires setting, from the Available list, select http, and move it to the Selected list.
7. For the Controls setting, from the Available list, select forwarding and move it to the Selected list.
8. In the Rules section, click Add.
9. In the Rule Name setting, enter the desired rule name.
   For example:
   myHTTPtoHTTPSrule
10. Under the Rule Properties section, in the Actions setting, select the stated values for the following operands:
    • Target: http-reply
    • Event: request
    • Action: redirect
    • Parameters: location*
11. Under the Parameters operand, type the following text in the box:
    https://[getfield [HTTP::host] ":" 1][HTTP::uri]
    Note: The [getfield [HTTP::host] ":" 1] function extracts the host name from the host header and, if a non-standard port is specified, removes the port from the host header.
12. To the right of the input/Value field, click Add.
    The configured parameter appears in the Parameters operand list box.
13. Click Add.
    The configured settings for the action appear in the Actions setting list.
14. To save the new rule and policy, click Finished.
15. Navigate to Local Traffic > Virtual Servers > Virtual Server List.
16. Under the Resources column for the HTTP virtual server that you want to redirect HTTP requests, click the Edit link.
17. Under the Policies section, click Manage.
18. From the Available list, select the local traffic policy you created in previous steps and move it to the Enabled list.
19. To save the changes, click Finished.

Using the tmsh utility to configure a local traffic policy to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS for a virtual server

Impact of procedure: Performing the following procedure should not have a negative impact on your system.

1. Log in to the Traffic Management Shell (tmsh) by typing the following command:
   tmsh
2. Create a local traffic policy to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS by using the following command syntax:
   create /ltm policy <policy name> controls add { forwarding } requires add { http } strategy first-match rules add { <rule name> { actions add { 0 { http-reply redirect location "https://[getfield [HTTP::host] \":\" 1][HTTP::uri]" } } } }
   For example, to create a local traffic policy with the myHTTPtoHTTPSpolicy policy name and myHTTPtoHTTPSrule rule name, you would type the following command:
   create /ltm policy myHTTPtoHTTPSpolicy controls add { forwarding } requires add { http } strategy first-match rules add { myHTTPtoHTTPSrule { actions add { 0 { http-reply redirect location "https://[getfield [HTTP::host] \":\" 1][HTTP::uri]" } } } }
3. Associate the local traffic policy with the HTTP virtual server that you want to redirect HTTP requests, by using the following command syntax:
   modify /ltm virtual <virtual server name> policies add { <policy name> }
   For example, to associate the myHTTPtoHTTPSpolicy local traffic policy you created in step 2 with the myHTTPvs HTTP virtual server, you would type the following command:
   modify /ltm virtual myHTTPvs policies add { myHTTPtoHTTPSpolicy }
4. Save the change by typing the following command:
   save /sys config