How do I overcome the fact that not all HTTP requests require redirection

Question

                   I have the following scenario, The Business require that the main login to JDE is just http://prod.apps, I use a redirect server to change it to
http://prod.apps:12001/prod/Mainmanu.maf  so that all works well , but reports and approvals generate links with URIs so the redirect does not work. To overcome this problem I have generated another context with a different VIP without a redirect server and that seems to work ok. But the apllication programmers have to ensure that any reports etc point to this new VIP.
Is there a better  way of doing this?

Answer 1

Hi
You may  use L7 http class map and add additional matching by GET field in url request (as one possibility). E.g.
currently you have something like this :
policy-map type load first NAME
class class-default
serverfarm
you may add something like this :
class type http load match-any
match http url
then your L7 map will look like :
policy-map type load first NAME
class
serverfarm
class class-default
serverfarm
More information you can find here :
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/data_center_app_services/ace_appliances/vA4_2_0/configuration/slb/guide/classlb.html#wp1021430
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/data_center_app_services/ace_appliances/vA4_2_0/configuration/slb/guide/classlb.html#wp1021388
I think it should allow you to have only one VIP for this application. Please try - if you don't succeed, please post URL you use to access reports/approvals links.
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