Configuring a policy to redirect HTTP traffic to a URL
Use the following instructions to configure a policy such that identified HTTP traffic is redirected to a specific URL.
To configure the policy
- From the Action drop-down, select the HTTP Redirect action and specify the Redirect URL. HTTP traffic matching this policy is forwarded to the specified URL. This option is useful to redirect a particular set of traffic to another URL, such as redirecting unauthenticated traffic to a login page, or redirecting traffic from a host that has exceeded the bandwidth allotment to a URL that presents a message.
- Enter the Filter Rules. Similar to other policy configurations, you can specify VLAN, Host/Direction/Host, ToS/DSCPDifferentiated Services Code Point, or Application. However, the only allowable applications are HTTP, HTTP-ALT, and HTTPS.
To learn more about common use cases for redirecting HTTP traffic, such as, redirecting unauthenticated users to a login page of your captive portal, see Integrating Exinda with your Captive Portal, or such as, redirecting users who have exceeded their data usage quota, see Quota Enforcement Scenarios.