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Routing rules configuration

Use this page to create the advanced configuration routing rules to ensure work requests arrive at the proper generic server cluster.

To view this administrative console page, click Servers > Proxy Servers > server_name > Proxy Server Properties > Routing Rules > rule_name.

On the Configuration tab, you can edit routing rules configurable field settings.

Configuration tab

Name

The name field is required and is a user defined field.

The name field cannot contain the following characters: # \ / , : ; " * ? < > | = + & % '

The name defined must be unique among routing rules and cannot begin with a . or a space. A space will not generate an error, but leading and trailing spaces will be automatically deleted.

Enable this rule

You may create routing rules and then not enable them. This is a useful capability when planning for maintenance of nodes or even emergency planning.

By default, the rule is enabled.

Virtual host name

The virtual host name field is a selectable field that is pre-configured with the defined virtual hosts in the cell.

If you do not see the virtual host you are seeking in the menu, then from the administrative console click Environment > Virtual Hosts and define it there.

URI group

The URI group field is populated with all pre-configured URI groups in the cell.

If you do not see the URI group you are looking for, then you should select Environment > URI Groups and create one.

Routing rule

This option specifies to the proxy server how to route a request that matches the given criteria (virtual host and URI group) you defined. You have three options for this field.

Generic Server Cluster: If you only want the proxy server to seek a pre-configured generic server cluster, select that option and use the drop down box to select the generic server cluster.

Failure Status Code: If you want to reject the requests matching that specific criteria, you use the failure status code and provide an HTTP status code to be used in the response to the sender.

Redirect URL: The last option is to send a redirect to the client. If you select this option, then enter a fully qualified URL like http://abc.xyz.com. Usually, the URL will be somewhere within the enterprise, sometimes right back to the proxy on a different port. You may use this option to ensure a request is routed via say SSL.




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