Re: Using data from capture request header Host

Many thanks Willy.

2009/11/9 Willy Tarreau <w#1wt.eu>

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 10:59:33AM +0100, Jose Luis Gordo Romero wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > First congrats for this great software!
> >
> > I'm forcing https in haproxy (https requests come from stunnel):
> >
> > #################
> > # Rewrite Rules
> > #################
> > # Set acl first
> > acl secure src 127.0.0.1
> >
> > redirect prefix https://www.domain.com if !secure
> >
> > But I have multiple subdomains (not fixed) client1.domain.com,
> > client2.domain.com, client-n.domain.com... and for the redirect to https
> I
> > need to get and pass the host header.
>
> We have already received this request a few times, but it's not possible
> yet. At first I thought we could get this easily done by simply copying
> the host header but it's not that easy in fact. If the host header
> specifies
> a port and we are switching the protocol, then we should strip the port,
> or possibly replace it with another one. Or maybe we could simply consider
> that we always strip the port and always use the Host header, but even
> then,
> some people like to use another host name (eg: X-Forwarded-Host). So this
> still requires a little bit more thinking.
>
> Regards,
> Willy
>
>
Received on 2009/11/09 22:24