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Chapter 5
Reverse Proxy and HTTP Redirects
To set redirect rules:
1. Telnet into the HP web cache appliance and select Shell Access as described in
Overview of Access
Methods‚ on page 7
.
2. Open the
remap.config
file located in Traffic Server’s
config
directory with Vi.
3. For each redirect , enter a mapping rule. Each mapping rule must be on a separate line and must consist of
three space-delimited fields:
type
,
target
, and
replacement
. The following table describes the format
for each field.
The following example permanently redirects all HTTP requests for
www.hp
to
www.hp2.com.
redirect http://www.hp.com http://www.hp2.com
4. Save and close the
remap.config
file.
5. Run the following command to apply the configuration changes.
traffic_line -x
Field
Description
type
Enter either one of the following:
redirect
—redirects HTTP requests permanently without having to contact
the origin server
redirect_temporary
—redirects HTTP requests temporarily without having
to contact the origin server.
target
Enter the origin or from URL. You can enter up to four components:
scheme
://
host
:
port
/
path_prefix
replacement
Enter the destination or to URL. You can enter up to four components:
scheme
://
host
:
port
/
path_prefix
