Redirectional Rules
These rules allow you to configure redirection for your application pages
Overview
Redirection Rules is a feature of Haltdos WAF that allows application owners to redirect a request to another site or URL, temporarily or permanently on matching a particular URL pattern.
How to Use:
- Go to WAF > Listeners > Rules > Redirection Rules.
- Click on Add Rule and set relevant parameters described in the table below.
- Click on Save Changes.
Description
Rule Name
Specify a user-friendly name to identify the rule. The rule name takes alphanumeric input.
Accepted values: String
Default: Blank
Message
The user can add a short description of the rule. The description would explain the purpose of the rule.
Accepted values: String
Default: Blank
Rule Priority
User can set the priority of the rule.
Accepted values: Integer
Default: 0
Match URL
Specify the URL for which this rule will be applied. Any requests made on this URL trigger this rule and the request shall be redirected or forwarded according to the rule.
Accepted values: URL
Default: Blank
The match URL should follow the format: [http(s)://www.().haltdos.io/()]
Forward URL
The user can specify the URL on which the request has to be redirected. All the requests that trigger this rule will be forwarded to this URL.
Accepted values: URL
Default: Blank
The forward URL should follow the format: [http(s)://().haltdos-1.io/()]
Priority
Specify the priority for the rule for execution when matched with the request.
Accepted values: Integer
Default: 0
Response Code
In this option, the end-user can decide that the redirection should be permanent or temporary by selecting the option from the drop-down list.
Accepted values: 301 - Permanent Redirect / 302 - Temporary Redirect / 307 - Temporary Redirect with body / 308 - Permanent Redirect with body
Default: 0
301 - Permanent Redirect
302 - Temporary Redirect