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RedirectHTTPrequestsonaSSLvserverUseCase:WhenacontentorAppishostedonSSLvserver,itisexpectedthatallclientswouldconnectoverSSLandiftheydonottheconnectionfailsatTCPlayer.
Whileitisfinetoexpectclientstocomewithhttps,therecanbecaseswhereclientscomeusingHTTPrequestandyouwanttoavoidsuchrequestsgettingterminatedatTCPlayer.
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"\$result:$result.
Allowingencryptedrequest.
"}else{#Clientdidnotuseacipherloglocal0.
"\$result:$result.
Redirectingunencryptedrequest.
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com/codeshare/redirect-non-ssl-requests-on-ssl-virtual-server-ruleNetScalerSolution:addresponderactionredirect_https_actredirect'"https://"+HTTP.
REQ.
HOSTNAME+HTTP.
REQ.
URL'addresponderpolicyredirect_https_polCLIENT.
SSL.
IS_SSLredirect_https_actBindtheresponderpolicytothehttpvserverwhichsharesthesameipaddressofhttpsvserver.
InthiscaseyouwillneedtocreateadummyhttpvserverwithsameIPsothattheinitialconnectionissuccessfulandthendotheredirectusingresponderpolicy.