Anybody got $0.02? :-)
- Manjesh
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Manjesh Nilange <manjeshnila...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We have a feature to implement and are wondering if header-rewrite is the
> right home for this feature. In a nutshell, when using ATS as a reverse
> proxy, we want to redirect all http requests with a certain cookie to their
> https counterparts but not using remap.config. The remap.config constraint
> comes about because we already have a ton of existing rules and creating a
> blanket rule is not feasible. We could either create a simple plugin to do
> this or enhance one of the existing ones with header-rewrite being the
> leading candidate.
>
> But I feel this may not be right because the way it is implemented and
> designed, header-rewrite only changes the headers and always continues the
> transaction. To do the redirect outside a remap context, it would have to
> error the transaction. So now it's also changing the control flow of the
> transaction. And just adding a feature to our requirement ("switching" the
> scheme) may not be very reusable/generic to others. A generic feature where
> you could construct the redirect location using various components
> (scheme/domain/path/query etc.) of the incoming URL is a fairly complex
> feature.
>
> On the flip side, creating a plugin just to switch schemes creates extra
> deployment and maintenance overhead.
>
> Any feedback would be much appreciated, thanks.
>
> - Manjesh
>
>
